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UK: Prison suicides

01 November 2005

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There were 78 suicides in England and Wales, in 2005, down 18% on the previous year's figure of 95. A further 131 inmates were resuscitated following self-harm incidents. Four of those who died were women. Baroness Scotland, minister for criminal justice and offender management, said "The Government takes the issue of suicide in prisons very seriously, and in the face of population pressures, suicide prevention efforts have continued with unprecedented energy and commitment."

BBC News 1 January 2006

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