Suicide was 'partly prison fault'
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The suicide of a woman in Maghaberry jail was "partly a failure of the prison system", the service's chief says.
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Suppose a person of reasonable mental competence decides, after carefully weighing the available options and consulting with those around him, that life is no longer worth living.  Should that person have the legal right to end their own life?  Suicide (and assisting suicide) is presently illegal in most western nations, a fact which only serves to make it slightly difficult for suicidal people to carry out their wish.  I propose a different approach - in fact, an opposite approach.  I propose that anyone who honestly wishes to terminate their own life should be provided with the means to do so humanely, reminiscent of (though perhaps more gentle than) the infamous suicide booths popularized by Futurama.
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For Scott Peterson, ultimately there may be little difference between a death sentence and life in prison. In California, the chances are greater that a condemned inmate will die in prison than be executed by lethal injection.
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A nurse accused of killing his wife, the former state controller, planned for a year to commit suicide after he testified at his murder trial, his defense lawyer said Wednesday.
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A report on the suicide of a teenager with a history of depression finds serious failings by the health service.
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A teenager who survived what is thought to be a suicide pact in which her friend died has begun talking about what happened.
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Few people understand the criminal justice system like Wendell Poole. He spent 21 years, four months, 16 days and three hours in prison for assault with the intent to kill two people during an argument. He arrived home middle-aged and paranoid, flinching at the sound of passing cars. He needed a...
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The number of inmates killing themselves in prisons rose significantly in 2007, figures show.
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At least three children are reported to have died by accident  while acting out the recent hanging of a Calcutta man convicted of rape and murder.
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East Timor's leader says international peacekeepers are partly to blame for the escape of dozens of prisoners.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - The state of Ohio on Thursday put to death a man who killed his prison cellmate, after executioners worked for more than an hour to find the right veins in which to inject lethal chemicals.
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A jail inmate has been linked to the deaths of several women whose bodies were dumped along desolate rural roads in Illinois, authorities said Wednesday.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- A former inmate is blaming a Tampa jail and officials for the death of her baby boy who was born over a toilet in the jail.
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Prisoners who endure poor or degrading treatment suffer much of the same long-term psychological distress as do captives who are tortured, suggests a study published Monday.
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IONE, California  - Convicted murderer Greg Rollo knows the brutality of life behind bars after 31 years in a prison. But he says life has grown much worse since he was moved to a triple-bunk bed in an open gym with 199 others.
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By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--A lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman left with permanent brain damage after she tried to hang herself in the Monroe County Jail in 2002 has been settled for $13.1 million, her attorney said Wednesday.
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A woman convicted in the shooting death of her preacher husband was moved from a county jail to a mental health facility, officials said Thursday.