Hayes Lindsay M
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, Mansfield, MA, USA.
J Correct Health Care. 2012 Jul;18(3):233-45. doi: 10.1177/1078345812445457. Epub 2012 May 7.
Findings from a national study of jail suicide are provided, including the extent and distribution of suicides in holding and detention facilities, and descriptive data on demographic characteristics of each victim, incident, and facility. Among significant findings are that suicides were evenly distributed from first few days of confinement to over several months of confinement, many suicides occurred during waking hours, most inmates were not under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol at the time of death, and many suicides occurred in close proximity to a court hearing. Suicide prevention programming was found to be uneven in most facilities that experienced suicides. There has been a significant decrease in the rate of suicide in detention facilities.
本文提供了一项关于监狱自杀的全国性研究结果，包括羁押和拘留设施中自杀事件的范围及分布情况，以及关于每名受害者、事件和设施的人口统计学特征的描述性数据。重要研究发现包括：自杀事件在监禁的头几天到数月期间分布均匀；许多自杀事件发生在清醒时间；大多数囚犯死亡时未受毒品和/或酒精影响；许多自杀事件发生在临近法庭听证之时。研究发现，在大多数发生自杀事件的设施中，自杀预防方案参差不齐。拘留设施中的自杀率已显著下降。
