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Content: As of September 2015, the average number of suicide attempts in Texas prisons each month had jumped 28% from 81.7 attempts per month in 2014 to 104.5 attempts per month during the first eight months of 2015." Creating a Culture of Safety (2016)
Creating a Culture of Safety (2016)
https://www.vera.org/publication_downloads/culture-of-safety-sentinel-event-suicide-self-harm-correctional-facilities/culture-of-safety.pdf
"Sentinel Event Reviews for Suicide and Self-harm in Correctional Facilities"
Sandra Bland Died One Year Ago (2016)
Sandra Bland Died One Year Ago (2016)
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/sandra-bland-jail-deaths/
"...and since then, at least 810 people have lost their lives in jail." Why Are So Many Inmates Attempting Suicide at the California Institution for Women? ( 2016)
Why Are So Many Inmates Attempting Suicide at the California Institution for Women? ( 2016)
http://www.laweekly.com/news/why-are-so-many-inmates-attempting-suicide-at-the-california-institution-for-women-7156615
"On April 14, Rocha's body was discovered hanging in her 10-by-15-foot cell, in the psych ward at CIW, the noose around her neck fashioned from a bedsheet and tied around a heating vent. There was no suicide note. Rocha's parole hearing had been scheduled for the next day." Revised screening, vigilance lead to drop in Texas jail suicides (2016)
Revised screening, vigilance lead to drop in Texas jail suicides (2016)
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/04/suicides-county-jails/
"Texas county jails have seen an almost 60 percent decrease in suicides from last year." Mortality In Local Jails And State Prisons, 2000–2013 - Statistical Tables (2015)
Mortality In Local Jails And State Prisons, 2000–2013 - Statistical Tables (2015)
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5341
"Presents national and state-level data on the number of inmate deaths that occurred in local jails and state prisons, the distribution of deaths across jails, and the aggregate count of deaths in federal prisons. The report presents annual counts and 14-year trends between 2000 and 2013 in deaths in custody.