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Suicide in Greek Prisons: 1977 to 1996
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The present study, the first of its kind in Greece, was based solely on unpublished prison data, which revealed defects in recording that suggest that the suicide rate in the Greek prison system has basically remained stable over the past 20 years.Abstract:
Data obtained from the records of the Greek Ministry of Justice revealed that there were 457 deaths in the Greek prison system (which includes prisons, mental hospitals and other general hospitals) over the past 20 years. Of these deaths, 93 were recorded as suicides--an average of 4.65 suicides per year or 112 per 100,000 inmates classified as convinced, on remand or hospitalized. The suicide rates fluctuated widely, from a low rate 32.3 in 1982 to the incredibly high rate of 390.8 in 1979 (11 total suicides, 10 of which occurred in prison hospitals). The present study, the first of its kind in Greece, was based solely on unpublished prison data, which revealed defects in recording (e.g., 11% of the deaths recorded by the correctional administration remained without specification of cause in the years 1977 through 1996; social and penal demographic data of the inmates who committed suicide were kept unsystematically; detailed information on the circumstances of suicide was not always available, etc.). Despite a noticeable decrease in the suicide rate in the years 1995 and 1996, the limited data suggest that the suicide rate in the Greek prison system has basically remained stable over the past 20 years.read more
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Suicides in prison
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss suicide in prison and suicide prevention in the context of young prisoner suicides and suicide attempts in their own words, in different words: the gender factor 8. Managing to prevent suicide: staff attitudes and perspectives.
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National study of jail suicides: seven years later.
TL;DR: The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) gathered information from all jails (county and city) and police department lockups throughout the country regarding the incidence of jail suicides during 1985 and 1986.
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Prison Suicide: An Overview and a Guide to Prevention:
TL;DR: This article summarizes the findings from a study conducted by the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives and includes a thorough review of the literature, the most recent national data on the incidence and rate of prison suicide, and an analysis of an effective prison suicide prevention program.
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Prisons 2000 : an international perspective on the current state and future of imprisonment
Roger Matthews,Peter Francis +1 more
TL;DR: A collection of original articles from a number of the world's leading authorities on imprisonment is presented in this article, where the authors review the current state of imprisonment around the world and look at possible future developments.