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22 lis 2021 · Suicide is a global public health concern that disproportionately affects the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society. Suicidal thoughts and behaviour are common in prisoners, contributing to substantial morbidity and mortality, with a wide range of modifiable risk factors.
11 paź 2024 · The Suicide Prevention Resource Guide focuses on three key areas, with the goal to educate people who work in jails and prisons on how to better identify and help inmates at risk for suicide, safely manage those identified as high risk, and provide consistent, comprehensive training to all involved personnel.
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.
Pretrial detainees tend to have higher rates of suicide than other inmates, with about a third of all prison suicides occurring within the first week of custody. [3] Custodial suicide is the leading cause of death among detainees housed in jails. [7]
We collected data for prison suicides in 24 high-income countries in Europe, Australasia, and North America from their prison administrations for 2011–14 to calculate suicide rates and rate ratios compared with the general population.
29 maj 2024 · Using random-effects meta-analyses, the worldwide suicide incidence in prisons, pooled from 68 jurisdictions with at least five events, was 50 (95% CI 42–60; I 2 >99%) per 100 000 person-years of imprisonment.
10 maj 2024 · People in jail have a high annualized suicide rate (48 per 100 000 people) and a standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of 2.2 compared with demographically similar US adults. 3 Growing global literature suggests an even higher suicide rate in the year after release from incarceration; meaning that more suicides per day occur after release than ...
