Extreme Heat and Suicide Watch Incidents Among Incarcerated Men.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Extreme heat poses a distinct risk to the 2.1 million incarcerated people in the United States, who have disparately high rates of behavioral health conditions. Suicide is a leading cause of death among people in prisons.

Objective

To examine associations of extreme heat, solitary confinement, and an indicator of suicidal behaviors among incarcerated men in a Deep South US prison system.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal case series panel study included adult men in prisons in Louisiana, a state with one of the largest prison systems in the United States that has been engaged in litigation due to lack of air conditioning and extreme heat. The unit of analysis was prison facility-days. A facility-level data set was created by merging admini

SUBMITTER: Cloud DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422184 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature