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• Deputy stops 3rd suicide attempt in more than a month at Texas jail

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  The deputy immediately entered the inmate's cell with a cutting tool and called for additional assistance

• Calif. county agrees to spend $250M to improve jail conditions

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  The county has lessened solitary confinement, reduced COs' use of force and improved its mental health facilities

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• COVID-19, escapes, inmate suicide called 'run of bad luck' at Ohio jail

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  Sheriff John L. Hinton is reassuring the public that the jail is fully functioning and safe

• Report cites issues with suicide prevention at Pa. county jail

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  The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board voted to form a subcommittee focused on suicide prevention

• The essential role of safety checks in corrections

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  Risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham outlines the need for safety checks, which are defined as face-to-face, direct visual observation of an inmate on an irregular basis.  

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• Relatives sue Ala. prisons over 4 inmate suicides

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  The lawsuit claims COs didn't provide proper care for the men despite knowing they had severe mental illnesses

• 5 essential training topics for correctional officers

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  The challenge in corrections is not identifying topics to train on, but prioritizing time and resources to cover the many subjects that can lead to high-risk situations

• Federal judge to rule on request for information on Epstein surveillance video, response

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  Attorneys for Epstein's former cellmate, COs on duty at time of Epstein's death have requested more detailed information about why and how footage of Epstein's death was deleted

• Wash. county jail installing new bars to prevent inmate suicides

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  New floor-to-ceiling bars will be added around the level that houses inmates on suicide watch

• Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein’s cell during suicide attempt was destroyed, prosecutors say

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  The feds say that due to a record-keeping error, MCC staff preserved footage from outside the wrong cell

• Suicide rate in Calif. prisons rises to highest level in 3 decades

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  Experts say the suicide rate reflects a mental health crisis behind bars that appears to be worsening

• Ambitious Texas law fails to make dent in inmate suicides

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  Officials say understaffing contributes to a rise in inmate deaths, lack of CO safety

• Lawsuit: Minn. jail ignored red flags before inmate's suicide

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  The suit alleges Richard Bid should have been monitored closely because he repeatedly said he intended to kill himself

• 4 Rikers COs accused of failing to stop inmate from self-harm

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  Officials say the officers were suspended after some of the them allegedly watched before intervening as an inmate tried to hang himself

• Should COs be held responsible when an inmate takes their own life?

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  A trial date has been set for the COs who were assigned to watch Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in prison

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