Find resources related to jail or prison suicide and suicide prevention.
| Centre for Suicide Prevention - Inmate Suicide - http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/assets/alert29.pdf#search=%22suicide%20prevention%20prisons%22 Browse to download this resource that notes inmates are a high-risk group for suicide. Find statistics or training. - [Read more] |
| Deaths in Custody Bibliography 1970-1996 - http://www.aic.gov.au/services/biblio/26.html Discover this prisoner suicide prevention resource published by the Australian Institute of Criminology. - [Read more] |
| International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Task Forces: Suicide in Prisons - http://www.iasp.info/suicide_in_prisons.php Learn about this Task Force created to bring together the available knowledge and expertise on suicidal behaviour in prisons in order to facilitate the wider dissemination of the fundamentals of effective suicide prevention in prisons. - [Read more] |
| Juvenile Suicide in Confinement: A National Survey - http://66.165.94.98/update/juvenilesuicidestudy2004.pdf Download this February 2004 report, in PDF format format, by Lindsay M. Hayes of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. - [Read more] |
| NCBI - Peer suicide prevention in a prison - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15384653&dopt=Abstract Read an abstract of this paper written by B. Hall and P. Gabor of the Faculty of Social Work, The University of Calgary, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. - [Read more] |
| NCIA - Jail Suicide and Liability Reduction - http://66.165.94.98/cjjsl.cfm Read this article, published by the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. Find policy assesment and development or taff training. - [Read more] |
| Prison and Jail Suicide - http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/PUB/C41.htm Become familiar with this 1999 report prepared by the John Howard Society of Alberta. See "Prevention, Intervention and Treatment." - [Read more] |
| Prison Suicide: An Overview and Guide to Prevention - http://66.165.94.98/update/prisonsuicide.pdf Browse to download this resource, in PDF format, published by the National Institute of Corrections. - [Read more] |
| Prisoner Counselling, Support and Suicide Prevention - http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/P/priscounsellingsupport.aspx?uid=3094-3748-9944-8932 Read this guide produced by the Department of Corrective Services of the Government of Western Australia. - [Read more] |
| SMHAI - Prison Suicide Prevention - http://suicideandmentalhealthassociationinternational.org/preventionprison.html Read this guide, produces by the World Health Organiztion (WHO) that addresses suicide and suicide prevention in a correctional setting. - [Read more] |
| Suicide and Self-injury Prevention - http://www.howardleague.org/index.php?id=suicideprevention Resource discusses the work of the Howard League for Penal Reform to reduce the incidence of suicide and self-injury in prisons. - [Read more] |
| Suicide Prevention in Jails: A Lack of Rules - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=950DE4D61F39F935A15751C0A96F948260 Discover this New York Times article written by Albert J. Parisi. - [Read more] |
| Training Curriculum on Suicide Detection and Prevention in Jails and Lockups - http://www.nicic.org/Library/012559 Become familiar with this guide prepared by the National Institute of Corrections. See resources offered. - [Read more] |
| Training Seminar “Suicide Prevention in Prisons”: Summary - http://www.humanrights.org.lv/html/news/28374.html Latvian Centre for Human Rights provides this resource that reviews this 2005 program. See statistics. - [Read more] |
| Using Trained Inmate Observers for Suicide Watch in a Federal Correctional Setting - http://www.apa.org/journals/features/ser2120.pdf#search=%22suicide%20prevention%20inmate%22 Offers a study, in PDF format, by Gary Junker, Art Beeler, and Jeffrey Bates of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. - [Read more] |
| WHO/IASP - Preventing Suicide in Jails and Prisons (UPDATE 2007) - http://www.who.int/entity/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource_jails_prisons.pdf Become familiar with this publication that was produced by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the International Association for Suicide Prevention. - [Read more] |
| WHO/IASP -Preventing Suicide: a resource for prison officers - http://www.who.int/entity/mental_health/media/en/60.pdf Download this PDF document that offers a guideline for prison officers. Read this publication produced by the WHO and International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). - [Read more] |
