A pair of Philadelphia attorneys blame Lehigh County Jail and its health care provider for failing to prevent the jail’s ...

Before Sheriff Rocky Holcomb discussed the circumstances around the deaths of several inmates while they were in custody at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center, he insisted on playing a video. The ...

A clinical trial to evaluate an intervention to prevent suicides among people recently released from jail reduced suicide attempts by 55%. That's according to a new study in JAMA Network Open led by ...

A federal lawsuit alleges Lane County jail staff ignored clear suicide risks leading to Patrick McAllister's death.

Hoath's death was one of four sudden deaths between May 13 and July 2 involving inmates at Women's Huron Valley Correctional ...

The first suicide at the Middletown City Jail in nearly seven years has shined a spotlight on a national problem that has perplexed law enforcement for decades: why detainees manage to kill themselves ...

PITTSBURGH,None — A federal Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that among the nation's 50 largest jails, the Allegheny County Jail had the second highest suicide rate from 2000 to 2007, ...

A national study in December shows that after years of decline, the number of jail suicides increased in 2009 and 2010, the most recent years studied. Another national study in 2010 showed that while ...

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