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Causing suicide or a suicide attempt by a person because of the systematic maltreatment or other systematic misbehaviors which seriously affect the dignity [of the person], committed by another person under whose material dependence or any other dependence the former person is subject, is punishable by a fine or up to five years of imprisonment.
Signs that a prisoner may be at risk of suicide include giving away valued possessions, speaking as if they are not going to be around much longer even though they are not scheduled for release, withdrawing, becoming acutely intoxicated, having a recent history of severe addiction, being threatened or assaulted by other prisoners, having a history of psychiatric hospitalizations or suicide ...
More than 500 suicides since opening in 1864. Suicide barriers were installed in 1998, which halved the suicide rate over the years following. [26] Humber Bridge: Kingston-upon-Hull: East Riding of Yorkshire England: More than 200 incidents of people jumping or falling from the bridge took place in the first 26 years after it opened in 1981. [27]
Matthew Creaton, a troubled 35-year-old from Cranesville, was under the public's care when he took his own life as an inmate at the Erie County Prison more than three years ago.
William James Charles Brooks, a former detention deputy at the Marion County Jail, tried to commit suicide. The incident report has been released
The jail has several options it can impose for potentially suicidal detainees, including placement in a "safety cell" to be checked every 15 minutes, or more infrequent 30-minute checkups in a ...
The old Maine State Prison in Thomaston was moved to a new, larger prison in Warren in February 2002 because of the growing prisoner population. Some residents in Thomaston objected to the relocation of the prison out of their town, because it was a part of their history and local economy.
California could face more than $40 million in fines after it failed to improve suicide prevention measures in state prisons.