Suicide in prisons: an international study of prevalence and contributory factors.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Prison suicide rates, rate ratios, and associations with prison-related factors need clarification and updating. We examined prison suicide rates in countries where reliable information was available, associations with a range of prison-service and health-service related factors, how these rates compared with the general population, and changes over the past decade. METHODS:We collected data for prison suicides in 24 high-income countries in Europe, Australasia, and North America from their prison administrations for 2011-14 to calculate suicide rates and rate ratios compared with the general population. We used meta-regression to test associations with general population suicide rates, incarceration rates, and prison-related factors (overcrowding, ratio of prisoners to prison o

SUBMITTER: Fazel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6066090 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature