Although it's encouraging that they've cut the rate in half, you really need to look at it on a yearly basis and look at the trends. |
There's much more awareness about the problem of suicides in jails. Twenty years ago if you asked a sheriff, he wouldn't have any information on it or any sensitivity to it. It wouldn't be on his radar screen. |
There's much more awareness about the problem of suicides in jails. Twenty years ago, if you asked a sheriff, he wouldn't have any information on it or any sensitivity to it. It wouldn't be on his radar screen. |
You're constantly putting out fires, dealing with one crisis after another, so after a period of time, when inmate suicides are no longer a daily concern or a daily crisis, then a system will turn to something else that happens to be on the front burner. |