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Deaths and attempted suicides

01 March 1993

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There were 77 deaths of persons detained in prison service custody during 1992. Nineteen of the deaths are either awaiting an inquest or did not need one (eleven involved hangings).
According to inquests that have taken place 25 of the deaths were due to natural causes. Twenty were classified as suicides; 6 received open verdicts; 4 misadventure (one aggravated by lack of care). Two were accidental and one through drug dependency. There were 2,920 incidents of "deliberate self harm" in prisons in England and Wales during 1992.

Hansard 15.2.93 17.2.93.

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