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Content: Many commit suicide before they have been convicted at all. According to the BJS report, those rates are seven times higher than for convicted inmates." How Solitary Confinement Can Drive Inmates to Suicidal Thoughts (2015)
How Solitary Confinement Can Drive Inmates to Suicidal Thoughts (2015)
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwx8d9/how-solitary-confinement-can-drive-inmates-to-suicidal-thoughts-610
""Some people think that solitary confinement is basically just spending some alone time," one former prisoner says. " It's not. It's like being buried alive."" Could a Sensor Solve Our Prison Suicide Problem? ( 2014)
Could a Sensor Solve Our Prison Suicide Problem? ( 2014)
http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/could-a-sensor-solve-our-prison-suicide-problem/32429
"Today, prisons house those potentially at risk for self-harm in isolation cells, while additional personnel check on them every 15 minutes. Although this form of surveillance “tends to be highly effective, it’s very labor-intensive,” not to mention costly and invasive, says Jeffrey Ashe, a principal scientist at General Electric. And like Helzer, inmates can simply attempt suicide between check-ins and personnel shifts."