Suicide Prevention
Full list of Suicide Prevention results
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Preventing suicide in corrections
–With inadequate leadership one of the primary stressors for correctional officers, leaders must do more to help officers deal with stress and prevent suicide
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Are you willing to take the call?
–Psychological trauma is an ever-present danger for correctional officers, so we must create a culture where COs feel comfortable reaching out for help
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Why safety is key when ordering cleaning supplies for corrections
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What are the critical considerations that correctional facility managers must keep in mind when ordering tools and supplies to be handled by inmate workers?
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3 ways to increase safety and reduce costs in your facility with a new eating utensil
–Decrease the risk of inmates injuring themselves and others by adopting the paperboard EcoSecurity Utensil
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Tier Talk Podcast: The complexity of officer suicide and what to do in the aftermath
–When an officer takes their own life it creates a ripple effect
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Suicide prevention comes out of the public safety shadows
–As public safety professionals, we tend to do a really great job of helping and comforting others in times of need
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Auditor: Calif. women's inmate suicide rate too high
–Suicides spiked at one prison after officials failed to properly prepare for the transfer of 400 of the state's most dangerous female inmates to the facility
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Suicide among COs: It's time for an open discussion
– 1Discussion of suicide within the profession was a taboo topic because corrections employees were not supposed to appear emotionally vulnerable or fragile
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Law program probes Calif. jail over attempted suicide
– 2A civil rights law clinic is looking into the events surrounding an attempted suicide at the Yuba County Jail on Oct. 26
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CO credited with preventing mixed-martial arts fighter's suicide
– 2A corrections officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is being credited with preventing the suicide of Jonathan Koppenhaver
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Suicide prevention: We have to talk to each other
– 1You can know suicide prevention left and right, and still not see the suicide of a loved one coming; this is why we have to dig deeper in conversations
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MDC corrections officer saves inmate who tries to hang self
–An MDC inmate is thanking the staff of the prison who was present at the time of his suicide attempt.
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Inmate commits suicide in Ill. jail
–Bradley C. Scarpi was moved into protective custody at his request on Saturday. A few hours later, he was found dead
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York County Prison board members approve policy change for suicide prevention
–2011 standards allow for close observation at staggered intervals