Inmate Suicide

'People get creative': St. Louis jail officials address deaths, overdoses and more

Officials' solution to the spread of drugs and ODs within the jail is to seek funding for a new body scanner to monitor both detainees and staff

Inmate suicides approach record high in N.C. prisons

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Since Jan. 1, nine inmates have died by suicide, with suspected staff shortages largely to blame

4 ways investing in a body scanner mitigates liability in corrections

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Use of a body scanner will reduce the amount of contraband in your facility

Nev. prison staff pen letter about director's 'erratic, hostile and abusive' behavior

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"We are concerned that the way he presents himself will drive away more employees in our already critically understaffed departments," the letter read

North Dakota corrections officer fired over murderer's suicide

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Sgt. Deandre Adams violated policy in failing to adequately check on Chad Isaak, according to a termination letter

Council OKs purchase of 5,000 'suicide blankets' for Pa. correctional facility

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Purchase comes after a couple of deaths occurred at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility earlier this year

Officials: Suicide rate at Seattle jail exceeds national average

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Witnessing death, suicide or suicide attempts also stresses the jail's population of COs – a group already dealing with severe understaffing

Report faults CO's checks in ND murderer's suicide

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An investigation found that he Chad Isaak had covered his cell window with cardboard and a CO failed to follow proper procedures in conducting required checks

Doctor who sexually abused patients kills himself in jail

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Dr. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, was found unresponsive in a shower area at the Eric M. Taylor Center, a jail at the Rikers Island complex

Officials: North Dakota murderer kills himself in prison

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Chad Isaak, 48, was serving life sentences for killing four people at a North Dakota business in what authorities say was one of the state's most gruesome crimes