In Bland's case, jail staff did not take into consideration her reference to a suicide attempt earlier in the year. That's unfortunately what happens in a lot of jails that don't do a very good job, said Lindsay Hayes, a national expert on jail suicide prevention. They're only really listening f
Date: Jul 13, 2016
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-appointed suicide prevention expert commended the state corrections department in a report Wednesday for recent steps it has taken to combat what has been a chronic problem. Lindsay Hayes said the number of suicides and the suicide rate appeared to have decreased slightly during the last two years.
a problem for jails than prisons, with half of them occurring within the first week of admission. The reason for the disparity is twofold, says Lindsay Hayes, the project director for the nonprofit National Center on Institutions and an expert in suicide prevention in prisons: fear and bad policing.
Date: Dec 22, 2015
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The 'Shock of Confinement': The Grim Reality Of Suicide In Jail
screening. They might ask about 'Do you have any medical issues right now?' and that would be about it. They never would have asked any questions about suicide or mental illness and such," says Lindsay Hayes with the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. He has spent his career on this issue.
During Castro's month-long stay at the Orient Correction Facility south of Columbus, he gave little indication that he was suicidal, according to the state-commissioned report from Fred Cohen, a law professor at State University of New York at Albany, and Lindsay Hayes, project director of the Natio
Fred Cohen and Lindsay Hayes, independent consults hired to review DRCs suicide preventionpolicies and procedures, are in Ohio and Director Mohr met with them yesterday. The director willcontinue meeting with Mr. Cohen and Mr. Hayes on an ongoing basis during the duration of theirreview.
I would not be surprised if there is a quick investigation and determination that this was not a preventable suicide,said Lindsay Hayes, project director at the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives.
Date: Sep 07, 2013
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Disdain, questions surround suicide of Ariel Castro
"It only takes up to 5 minutes to successfully commit suicide by hanging," said Lindsay Hayes, project director of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives and a 30-year expert on suicide prevention in correctional facilities. "It was the responsibility of the mental health staff at the