Solitary Confinement and Risk of Self-Harm Among Jail Inmates

2014256 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Fatos Kaba · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Andrea Lewis · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Sarah Glowa-Kollisch · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

James L. Hadler · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

David Lee · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Howard Alper · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Abstract

These self-harm predictors are consistent with our clinical impressions as jail health service managers. Because of this concern, the New York City jail system has modified its practices to direct inmates with mental illness who violate jail rules to more clinical settings and eliminate solitary confinement for those with serious mental illness.

Topics & Keywords

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 104, Issue 3, pp. 442-447

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2013.301742

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