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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for inmate suicides
4 results foundAuthor: Hayes, Lindsay M. Title: National Study of Jail Suicide: 20 Years Later Summary: This report presents the most comprehensive updated information on the extent and distribution of inmate suicides throughout the country, including data on the changing face of suicide victims. Most important, the study challenges both jail and health-care officials and their respective staffs to remain diligent in identifying and managing suicidal inmates. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. National Institute of Corrections, 2010. 68p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 119104 Keywords: Inmate SuicidesJail SuicideJailsMental Health ServicesMentally Ill Inmates |
Author: Canada. Office of the Correctional Investigator Title: A Three Year Review of Federal Inmate Suicides (2011-2014) Summary: Sadly, we have come to expect about ten suicide deaths each year in federal penitentiaries. Though the number of prison suicides fluctuates annually and has generally been declining, the rate has remained relatively stable in recent years and is still approximately seven times higher than in the general population. In the 20-year period from 1994-95 to 2013-14, a total of 211 federal inmates have taken their own life. Suicide is the leading cause of un-natural death among federal inmates, accounting for about 20% of all deaths in custody in any given year. While there is no fail-safe method to predict suicide in a prison setting, there is an obligation on the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) to preserve life in custody. A comprehensive suicide awareness and prevention program increases the likelihood of identifying and safely managing suicidal inmates. This report, part of the Office's continuing focus on prevention of deaths in custody, consists of a comprehensive review of all completed acts of suicide (n=30) that occurred in federal penitentiaries in the three year period between April 2011 and March 2014. The Office was prompted to undertake this review in light of a number of concerning developments that, when considered together, suggest that progress has stalled in CSC's efforts to prevent and publicly account for deaths in custody: 1. Persistent concern about the disproportionate number of prison suicides that continue to occur in segregation cells under conditions of close monitoring and supervision. Policy prohibits segregation placements for the purpose of managing suicide risk. Notwithstanding, the Service continues the dangerous practice of long-term segregation of mentally disordered inmates at elevated risk of suicide and/or self-injurious behaviour. 2. Critical findings and recommendations emanating from recently concluded high profile provincial fatality inquiries and inquests into deaths involving federally sentenced inmates. 3. CSC has stopped producing its Annual Inmate Suicide Report, an initiative that dates back to 1992. (The last report covered prison suicides that occurred in FY 2010-11). 4. In February 2009, as part of its follow-up to the Office's reports on deaths in custody, the CSC committed to sharing quarterly summaries highlighting pertinent issues and statistical information on deaths in custody (other than deaths by natural causes). The first of six quarterly bulletins (Deaths in Custody - Highlights and Significant Findings) was received by this Office in September 2009, with the last bulletin issued in March 2011 covering 17 deaths that occurred between October and December 2010. 5. As a policy streamlining measure, as of April 2014 the Service is no longer conducting suicide risk screening of first-time federal inmates awaiting transfer from provincial remand to federal custody. 6. As it agreed to do, the Service has still not yet posted on its external website its response to the findings and recommendations of The Final Report of the (Second) Independent Review Committee (November 2012). Appointed by the Commissioner, this external review body, part of CSC's response to the Office's 2007 Deaths in Custody study, examined 25 non-natural deaths in custody (6 suicides, 4 overdoses, 5 homicides, 9 deaths by unknown causes and 1 death by deadly force) that occurred in federal facilities between April 2010 and March 2011. 7. Finally, despite documents that remain in draft and incomplete form, CSC has not yet produced a performance monitoring and reporting framework that would serve to publicly account for its progress in preventing deaths in custody. Details: Ottawa: Office of the Correctional Investigator, 2014. 59p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 30, 2014 at: http://www.oci-bec.gc.ca/cnt/rpt/pdf/oth-aut/oth-aut20140910-eng.pdf Year: 2014 Country: Canada URL: http://www.oci-bec.gc.ca/cnt/rpt/pdf/oth-aut/oth-aut20140910-eng.pdf Shelf Number: 133835 Keywords: Deaths in CustodyInmate DeathsInmate SuicidesInmates (Canada) |
Author: Willis, Matthew Title: Self-inflicted Deaths in Australian Prisons Summary: The AIC has operated the National Deaths in Custody Program since 1991, following a recommendation by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. This study updates and extends an earlier AIC study, which examined the important issue of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody using deaths in custody data for the period 1999-2013. Regrettably, suicide remains a common cause of death in prison; however, it is no longer the most common cause of death. While self-inflicted deaths constituted half of all prison deaths between 1980 and 1998, they have declined to the point that between 2004 and 2013 - the most recent decade for which data are available-they represented around a quarter of prison deaths. This decrease reflects the considerable progress made by corrective services administrators in developing policies and practices, and implementing cell designs, that address suicide risk factors. Nonetheless, these data and coronial findings suggest there is still room for improvement, particularly in responding to prisoners with psychiatric needs and in the management of unsentenced prisoners. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2016. 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 513: Accessed September 3, 2016 at: http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi513.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Australia URL: http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi513.pdf Shelf Number: 140166 Keywords: Deaths in PrisonInmate SuicidesSuicide |
Author: Zeng, Zhen Title: Assessing Inmate Cause of Death: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program And National Death Index Summary: Provides a technical review of the coverage and quality of inmate cause of death data collected under BJS's Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). Records of inmates who died in jail and prison from 2007 to 2010 were matched to the National Death Index (NDI). This report examines match rates, compares underlying cause of death, and assesses sources of disagreement between the DCRP and NDI. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2016. 15p. Source: Internet Resource: Technical Report: Accessed November 15, 2016 at: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/aicddcrpndi.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/aicddcrpndi.pdf Shelf Number: 146643 Keywords: Deaths in CustodyInmate DeathsInmate HomicidesInmate SuicidesPrison Violence |