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| Lackawanna County Prison Board concerned about suicides |
| By thetimes-tribune.com- Kyle Wind |
| Published: 10/23/2014 |
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Three inmates have taken their own lives at Lackawanna County Prison so far this year, prompting concerns from the prison board on Wednesday about whether the jail is doing enough for mentally ill prisoners. The state Department of Corrections does not keep statistics on suicides in county jails. Across the entire state prison system, which has about 51,000 inmates at 26 facilities, five prisoners committed suicide between January and May of this year, said Deputy Press Secretary Susan Bensinger. For all of 2013, the state prison system had six suicides, and nine suicides in 2012. The state system’s inmates, however, tend to be younger than county jail prisoners and do not enter the facility with drug or alcohol in their systems, which Ms. Bensinger said increases the risk of suicide. Read More. |
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