Title: Prisoner suicide - Wikipedia
Headings: Prisoner suicide
Prisoner suicide
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Content: Prisoners with AIDS have a suicide rate between 16 and 36 times higher than that of the general population. Incidence
Suicides in prison compared to the general population ( Council of Europe members, average 2011–15)
Suicide rate in the general population, per 100,000 people per year
Suicide rate in prison, per 100,000 inmates per year
In the United States, the suicide rate among prisoners is four times as high as among the general population, but it is unknown whether this is because of the prison environment or because persons with marked suicidal tendencies are more liable to be imprisoned for crime. The apparent motivations for prison suicide are most commonly fear of other inmates, of the consequences of one's crime, or imprisonment, and the loss of a significant relationship. Suicides occur most commonly in isolation cells. The most common time for suicides to occur is in the early morning hours. Suicidal inmates are sometimes put on suicide watch . A study in New York found that 41% of prison suicides involved inmates who had recently received mental health services, although only one-third of prison suicides are found to have a psychiatric history, as opposed to 80–90 percent of suicides in the general community. 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. Custodial suicide is the leading cause of death among detainees housed in jails. According to data by the Council of Europe, in the Balkans the suicide rate in prisons is lower than in the rest of Europe: