Background Rates of suicide among people in prison are elevated compared with people of
similar age and sex who are living in the community. Improving assessments and …

Suicide is a global public health concern that affects all echelons of society, albeit not
equally so. Compared with adults in the general population, incarcerated offenders are at …

Prisoners are at a greatly increased risk of suicides compared to the general population.
Differences in suicide risk can be partly explained by individual risk factors, but the …

The goal of the present study was to gain insight into the experience of parents and siblings
of incarcerated men who went through different stages of legal proceedings, arrest, and …

El riesgo de suicidio es mayor en jóvenes recluidos que en población abierta. El objetivo de
esta investigación fue determinar el efecto de la impulsividad, consumo de drogas y tipo de …

Purpose Suicide is a leading cause of death in prison and the suicide rates are several
times higher in the prison population than in the general population in most countries. Of the …

Case studies of prison policy in France and Belgium contrast sharply. Following the
judgments of the European Court of Human Rights ('ECHR ') against France for the lack of …

Objective To compare suicide rates of people in prison and the general population in the
Nordic countries. Methods Data on deaths by suicide and person-years for people in prison …

Introduction Suicide rates are higher in prison than in the general population in most
countries. The proximity of some suicides to prison events has only received little attention in …

The system of allocation of prisoners to prisons in Scotland results in the incarceration of
prisoners at significant distance from their homes, creating an obstacle to the maintenance …