Preventing prison suicides: staff perspectives
Suicides in prison in 2016 were the highest since records began. Our latest briefing explores the factors behind this.
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Prisons need profound culture change to prevent loss of life from suicide, says report from Centre for Mental Health and Howard League for Penal Reform
The fourth briefing highlights the perspectives of prison staff
Type: News
2016 becomes worst year ever recorded for suicides in prisons
Over 100 people lost their lives through suicide in prisons in England and Wales so far this year. Centre for Mental Health and Howard League for Penal Reform publish new research on how to make jails safer.
Type: News
Preventing prison suicide: perspectives from the inside
We’re working with the Howard League for Penal Reform to prevent suicide in prisons. Through interviewing people with current or previous experience of prison, we explored what contributes to vulnerability and risk of suicide in prison.
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Good relationships and support essential to reduce risk of suicide among prisoners, says research from Centre for Mental Health and Howard League
New research investigates the rise of suicides in prisons and how these can be prevented.
Type: News
Mental health and criminal justice
90% of people in prison have some form of mental health problem. We conducted a nationwide consultation to explore how the mental health of the prison population can be improved.
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Employment after prison
Reoffending costs the economy somewhere in the region of £11 billion. But less than a quarter of prisoners leave prison into some form of employment. Evidence shows that additional support is more likely to help ex-prisoners.
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Mental illness in prison is a crime
Last Thursday, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary Rt. Hon Sadiq Khan MP delivered a speech on mental health in the criminal justice system at our event.
Type: Blog
On the Outside
Continuity of care is especially important for released prisoners with mental health problems to help them get their lives back on track on the outside.
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From the inside
It sets out what prisoners themselves say they need to improve their mental health: ‘someone to talk to’, ‘something to do’ during the day and practical help to plan for what they will do after they are released.
Type: Publication