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22 lis 2021 · Justice-involved individuals already are at high risk of suicide before imprisonment due to histories of trauma, mental disorders, and substance abuse—intersecting vulnerabilities which they import into prison.
9 lut 2021 · This updated systematic review and meta-analysis was based on 35 351 suicides among people in prison from 77 studies in 27 countries, and synthesised risk factors for suicide by clinical, criminological, demographic, and institutional domains.
22 kwi 2022 · We were able to conclude from the meta-analyses that prison suicide prevention programs were effective in decreasing suicide death, incidents of self-harm and suicidal ideation. We identified that the multi-component programs that include several prevention activities appear to be most effective in reducing suicide deaths.
29 maj 2024 · Using prison suicide incidence data from 82 jurisdictions and over 20 years; we provide comparisons across world regions, and show that prison suicide rates in Europe were typically considerably higher than those in Africa (based on three jurisdictions), Asia, and the Americas.
14 sty 2022 · As such, evidence on effective interventions to reduce the rate of self-harm or suicidal behaviour in people released from prison remains a critical gap in the literature. Future evaluations should incorporate longer data collection periods that include follow-up after release from custody.
10 maj 2024 · The results suggest that better integration of suicide risk detection and prevention across health and criminal justice systems (including 911 calls, police contacts, pretrial jail detention, criminal courts, jail sentences, probation, and parole) is critical to advancing population-level suicide prevention efforts.
Every person who was involved in the suicide—from the discovery of the inmate until the inmate was pronounced dead—is interviewed so that a complete scene can be described. The mortality review is often used to evaluate the system’s response to the suicide.
