Overcrowding blamed for 37% rise in suicides among inmates
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Tories and penal reformers accuse government of mismanagement of prison system
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Health researchers have found a strong association between higher body mass index and a lower risk of suicide.
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The number of inmates killing themselves in prisons rose significantly in 2007, figures show.
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The number of women in state and federal prisons is at an all-time high and growing fast, with the incarceration rate for females increasing at nearly twice that of men, the government reported Sunday.
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&quot;Our jails are overcrowded, the police are overworked, and we&#39;re going to have to make room in the prisons for teenage file-sharers?
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The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans has reached its highest point in at least 25 years, a new government report said Thursday.
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Homicide figures released by the Scottish Government reveal a rise in deaths in the last year.
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons says improvements to the system are under threat because of overcrowding.
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Thousands of prison officers across England and Wales started a 24-strike over pay Wednesday, forcing jails, many of them seriously overcrowded, to lock offenders in their cells.
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The suicide rate among preteen and young teen girls spiked 76 percent, a disturbing sign that federal health officials say they can't fully explain.
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Home Office figures show 95 jail inmates in England and Wales killed themselves this year, matching 2002's record.
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission says half the people who die in custody have mental health problems.
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The number of convicts imprisoned with death sentences dropped in 2003, which is helping to provoke the third straight annual decline in the nation's death row population, according to data released Sunday.
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A record 7 million people &#151; or one in every 32 American adults &#151; were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to the Justice Department. Of those, 2,193,798 were in prison or jail, an increase of 2.7 percent over the previous year.
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Â· 1,200 released early under emergency package  Â· Prison population again tops 81,000 record
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The jail system is in "serious crisis" with overcrowding affecting rehabilitation, the chief inspector warns.
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Hundreds of young people with  mental health problems in New Jersey are being held for long  periods at detention centers for young offenders where they are  at risk of suicide, according to a new report.