Acquire Today Prison Suicide: What Happens Afterwards? Assembled By Philippa Tomczak Published As Publication Copy

prison suicide is a global problem, public knowledge of the investigations that occur in their wake is still woefully limited, Philippa Tomczaks book steps up to address this gap in understanding, Prison Suicide provides the first detailed case study of the investigations that follow prison suicides, focused primarily on incidents in England and Wales.
Despite the large range of institutions that monitor English and Welsh prisons, suicides reached a record high in, with the rate having doubled since.
These deaths represent the sharp end of a continuum of suffering, selfharm, despair, and distress within prisons, which affects prisoners, their families, and prison staff.


This book details and critiques the extensive and expensive investigations conducted by police, ombudsmen, and coroners that follow prison suicides, Drawing on extensive document analysis, including analysis of over one hundred official fatal incident investigations, and drawing on new interviews conducted between, Prison Suicide provides a singular and muchneeded analysis of prison oversight.
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