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| Mentally ill inmates may soon monitor each other |
| By TheIowaChannel.com |
| Published: 10/11/2004 |
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Iowa prison officials said mentally ill inmates who appear suicidal will soon be monitored by prisoners trained to spot suicidal tendencies. The change has been made after three inmates at the Fort Madison Penitentiary killed themselves in the past 20 months. Warden Ken Burger said trusted inmates will be assigned to sit outside the cells of suicidal prisoners. The monitors will be trained and will maintain a log detailing whether the inmate is eating, sleeping or being disruptive. Observers will work rotating shifts of three to four hours. The new program is expected to be operational at Fort Madison within the next month. Similar programs have been implemented at prisons in Anamosa, Oakdale, Mitchellville, Rockwell City and Fort Dodge. |
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