Title: Suicide and Suicide Methods in Prison: Inside Prison
Headings: Suicide Methods in Prison
Suicide Methods in Prison
Strangulation
Drug overdoses
Self-inflicted Wounds
Warning Signs

Content: It is unclear whether many of these developments work or not. Many of the risk-factors for suicidal behaviour in prisoners resemble those for non-prisoners, such as substance-abuse, mental health facility-admittance, acute psychoses, and psychiatric morbidity  (Shaw, Appleby, Baker 2003); it may be more efficient and cost-effective to assess and monitor these indications on a regular basis than attempt to redesign the living environments of potentially millions of inmates. In addition, many methods of suicide are varied and sometimes ingenious, to the point where many superintendents or wardens have publicly acknowledged that institutions, regardless of how much protection they afford the prisoner, will seldom be "suicide-proof." A spate of these different methods is outlined below. Strangulation
The most common methods of suicide, for a number of reasons, are hanging and strangulation, and the most common ligature points for strangulation are window bars, followed by bed fittings. Inmates spend most of their time alone in their cell, where they have access to bedsheets, time, and privacy. Inmates also use wires, ropes (usually taken from a workplace), shoelaces, socks, or belts. The most typical regiment for strangulation involves propping oneself up on a stool or chair, tying a makeshift rope around an overhead pipe, fixing a firm knot around the neck, and kicking away the chair underfoot. This method usually takes about 5 minutes.