Search results matching tag 'Suicide'

Juvenile Suicide In Confinement

CC Pro — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:46:00 GMT

A survey describing the characteristics of juveniles who committed suicide while confined has been published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This is the first national survey to examine the social history and demographic characteristics of the 110 juveniles who committed suicide while under confinement between 1995 and 1999. This bulletin also denotes the features of the facilities in which the incidents occurred and offers recommendations on how to prevent suicides.

custody staff's liability about inmates' misconduct

Okkyumg Yoon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:56:16 GMT

Hello, I am a Korean university professor /researcher who have studied corrections, prisons and punishment. you all may be suprised when you see this post from the other side of pacific..... I desperately need your help for my work. I am now working on a paper about how american prisons deal with inmate suicide, homicide, assault, rape, fire, escapes, walkaway. the correctional agency asked me to gather information on the nature and extent of various prison disturbances in the united states. I have tried to search for the relevant materials and internet sites but I could not get a lively, concrete information about how a specific state or federal prisons respond to these incidents. what I want to know is : when an accident like inmate suicide occurs, how many correctional officers are sanctioned in the allegation of their negligence of duty or just because moral responsibility. In korean case, when an inmate kills himself, or inflicts self-injury, correctional officers in a line of command, from a immediate line staff to middle mamager to chief manager, are very likely to get punished. some of them fired, others are transferred to another prisons as disciplinary countermeasures, although they are not directly involved or related to that incident. Therefore, many researchers and scholars ask the ministry of justice to revise that kind of practice. personally I do not think inmate misconduct or disturbances can be reduced by just punishing inmates themselves or a line of staffs who are supposed to supervise and manage troublesome inmates. there are many situations in which correctional staffs cannot control the inmates. I want to know the policy directions and concrete tactics when these kinds of incidents take place, I know different states have different tactics and strategies but I guess there must be some shared understanding on this subject. I expect as many voices as possible.... If any of you finds difficulty in reading or understading what this is all about, please ask me to make it clearer... I will do my best to give you more explanation,,,,, thank you in advance..........

Correctional Ministry Outreach

kenneth.varney — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:22:24 GMT

Hello, I am an ex correction officer from Georgia and MIchigan. My pastor has put me in charge of forming our correctional outreach ministry. We are in the infant stages of forming the ministry and I am looking for training material to train our future volunteers on inmate manipulation and similiar topics. I would also like information on employment assistance or other prisoner assistance. Information on a prisoners family and children would be benificial also. I would greatly apreciate if anybody can help me with material, (videos and/or paper). Anything will help right now. You can email me at emmanuelproject@gmail.com or you can mail the material to Ken Varney, The emmanuel Project, PO Box 24, LeRoy, MI 49655. If any one from North West Michigan that is interested you can visit our temporary website at http://www.freewebs.com/the-emmanuel-project. I would apreciate any feedback about experiences they may of had from ministry volunteers/programs they have had at their facility. thanks Ken

Basic Research

Jennell09 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:43:32 GMT

I am an Interior Design Grad Student who is working on my fourth year thesis project -- a correctional ficility for young offenders. I am looking to get a broad over view of community based juvenile corrections facilities, the users (physical/emotional needs,how they think/act/feel/heal,etc), the design(security, building systems, code requirements), the programs etc I am looking to find progressive/innovative prototypes of correctional facility design as I am looking to merge these models with the theory of biophilia. Biophilia in short, is the human affinity for nature that dates back to more primitive times, when humans relied on nature to survive. The Theoretical outcome of merging the latestest approaches to community based correction facilities with biophilia, will be an institution that will truely facilitate rehabilitation; mental, physical, and emotional healing, as well as educate, inspire and motivate the user. It is a very broad subject, and I am looking to get more focused but don't know where to start Any help would be great. questions and comments welcome!

Re: Overtime

Jeremy881 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:24:21 GMT

A few months ago our folks had to put something together like what you are doing here is what we came up with.

Since suicide watch and hospital duty represent the greatest challenges for us, they were the primary topics:

*consider employing Criminal Justice majors, interns, or mental health interns to assist with suicide watch on a part time/hourly basis. Adequate training would be provided.

*propose that our company consider using inmate companions for suicide watch. This approach has been successful in the BOP for many years and may in fact strengthen the suicide prevention program by allowing expanded suicide precautions for borderline cases, without incurring staff overtime.

*continue the existing practice of employing staff from different departments to fill vacant posts to prevent incurring overtime. Presently administrative staff (i.e. Wardens Secretary, AW secretary, unit manger clerks) vacate their permanent jobs to assist throughout the facility on a regular basis.

*expand the use of administrative staff (i.e. business office, HRM office, secretaries, maintenance personnel) to mandatory security posts if their workload will allow.

*continue to use unit management staff to fill vacant mandatory security posts whenever possible. Unit officers, yard officers, hospital duty, suicide watch are examples of this repositioning.

*based on the assessment provided by mental health professionals, there may be opportunity to house two suicide watch inmates in one cell, thereby reducing the number of staff assigned to suicide watch. Explore this proposal through policy or ATF provisions. *continue to seek implementation of video court arrangement.

*Unit staff currently cover vacant security posts, provide escort for vendors/contractors, oversee the delivery of services, i.e. laundry, commissary, programming, mail, recreation, pill line, etc. further commitments from unit staff must to carefully scrutinized.

*There is limited flexibility with providing an available staff member to an emerging mandatory post without resorting to overtime, i.e. hospital duty, suicide watch, unscheduled PTO, training (such as SORT, IMS2, armed escort), escorts for special projects (i.e. physical plant upgrades), late court trips, emergency hospital trips, etc. Many staff members are involved in the mutual effort to forego their primary position and asset where needed. There is, however, a limit to this approach, we must keep a close eye on the possible negative impacts i.e. retention/turnover rates, staff morale, efficiency of operations, security, and customer relations at a facility with a very frugal staffing compliment.

Hope this helps,

Re: Suicide Awareness/Prevention At Work and at Home

kayfrank — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:12:00 GMT

Dr White

IJust found yur message from last November. I wonder if you could share the information mentioned in your post?

I work in a large county jail in the Mental Helath Departmet.

thanks

Prison Staffing & PREA

mooregx2 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:29:11 GMT

Does anyone know if PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) contains any provisions, requirements, or recommendations on Custody Officer staffing?

Suicide Awareness/Prevention At Work and at Home

BillBop47 — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:21:45 GMT

am currently a Unit Manager at the Federal Prison in McCreary County, KY. One of my collateral duties is that I am the Crisis Support Team Leader. Additionally, through the Kentucky Department of Public Health, I was recently trained as a Community Crisis Responder. I am also involved in suicide prevention in the State of Kentucky. Specifically, I am pleased to be on the Awareness Committee for the Kentucky State Suicide Prevention Planning Group. This group was formulated by the state and recognized by the governor per legislation to put together our states suicide prevention plan. I am also a Certified Question, Persuade, Refer(QPR) GateKeeper Instructor. A suicide prevention technique, which is very appropriate for all adults and teenagers. Although my efforts are supported by my employer, my efforts and training in suicide prevention are of a volunteer nature. My only motivation is to help save lives. I sincerely believe that suicide is our nations most preventable cause of death .

I have been fortunate to have been able to provide suicide awareness presentations/training to the Bureau of Prisons, KY DOC, Indiana Correctional Association, and most recently for staff at a CCA Jail facility in Indianapolis. I also do local organizations, colleges, and other appropriate groups. I am happy to say that the response and evaluations from these efforts has been excellent.

I have been working in corrections for the past 30 years, with the past 14 being with the BOP. However, Suicide prevention is my passion, due to the suicide death of my 16 year old son in 2002. In my presentation, I not only stress prevention at work, but staff and their families.

I am requesting you forward this mail to anyone you deem appropriate. My presentations and training are hands-on. I do not believe Suicide Prevention training's should be totally computer based. I wish to offer other correctional agencies and organizations my information...thanks for your thoughts and considerations....Bill

Mental Health in Corrections Consortium Symposium, May 16, 17, 18, 2007

blmoyer — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:14:03 GMT

Mental Health in Corrections Consortium, 17^th Annual Symposium, April 16, 17, and 18, 2007, Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO. “Offender Re-Entry and Reintegration: Best Practice Models for Reducing Recidivism, Part II”. Joel Dvoskin, PhD, University of Arizona, Keynote Speaker. Contact Becky Moyer, 417 823-3417, bmoyer@forest.edu, or http://www.forest.edu/mhcca/conference/index.html.

Re: ACA standards for welfare checks in segregation units

MReynoldsRRJ — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:03:38 GMT

Dear Dr. Canning:

I work in an ACA Accredited jail in Virginia. The ACA reference from the Standards for Adult Local Detention Faclities (3rd Edition) is 3-ALDF-3D-08. The 4th Edition refence is 4-ALDF-2A-52.

It states:

"All special management inmates are personnaly observed by a correctional officer at least every 30 minutes on an irregular schedule. Inmates who are violent or mentally disordered or who demonstrate unusual or bizarre behavior receive more frequent observation; suicidal inmates are under continuous observation until seen by a mental health professional. Subsequent supervision routines are in accordance with that ordered by the mental health professional."

I can say that the ACA Accredited Jails I have toured follow this standard.

I pray this answers your question.