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Suicides rise in N.Y. prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Suicides rise in N.Y. prisons Elmira Correctional Facility rate is among the highest By Mary Beth Pfeiffer ?mbpfeiff@poughkeepsiejournal.com ? January 1, 2011 Suicides in New York state prisons soared in 2010 to their highest rate in 28 years, as 20 inmates took their own lives, according to figures from the state Department of Correctional Services. The figures show that twice as many suicides occurred this year as in 2008 or 2009. Moreover, while prison suicide is sometimes prone to spiking in individual years, a longer-term trend is clear -- the suicide rate rose 23 percent from the 1990s to the 2000s, according to analysis by the Star-Gazette's sister paper, the Poughkeepsie Journal. Elmira Correctional Facility had the system's highest number of suicides since 2000 -- 23 -- including three in 2010, the system's second highest...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 02, 2011 (boomark / email).