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| Overcrowding blamed for rise in suicides |
| By The Guardian |
| Published: 01/02/2008 |
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UNITED KINGDOM - Penal reform campaigners and the Conservatives last night blamed the government for a 37% increase in suicides in prison, attributing it directly to overcrowding. Figures released by the Ministry of Justice showed there were 92 apparently self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales in 2007, compared with 67 in 2006. Frances Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the rise was "the human cost of the prisons crisis". But the Ministry of Justice claimed that overcrowding could help prevent suicides because lonely prisoners placed in shared cells gained from "someone to talk to". Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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