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Common Myths About Suicide Continued Jail suicides that occur in municipal and county jails are mostly considered preventable deaths. Correcting errant thinking about suicide prevention is an effective approach to…
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Common Myths About Suicide Myths about suicide are often hindrances to preventing suicides. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) requires all city and county jails to provide suicide prevention…
Read More Why are Suicide Rates Higher in County and Municipal Jails? Several factors have been identified as contributors to the fact that suicide rates are higher in local jails, especially jails…
Read More Warning Signs that an Inmate is at Risk for Suicide Continued Even if an inmate is intoxicated, any statements that give warning about potential suicide should be taken seriously. Steps…
Read More Recognizing the Warning Signs of a Potential Suicide Risk Continued Suicide prevention in jails encompasses the intake process and ensuring that staff members have appropriate training. A basic requirement for…
Read More Continuing with a final statistic, jails with 100 beds or fewer have a suicide rate that’s about ten times what it is in the nation. The following events that occurred…
Read More Warning Signs of a Potential Suicide Risk The day after the man committed suicide within 10 minutes of entering a local jail, the jailers and police officers there were discussing…
Read More How Can Jails Prevent Inmate Suicides? In city and county jails in the U.S., suicide is the leading cause of death. When correctional officers have a good understanding of suicidal…
Read More After an Inmate Suicide, a New County Sheriff Vows to Improve Suicide Prevention Methods A county sheriff outside Texas was recently sworn in, and the following day, an inmate died…
Read More A County Jail Outside Texas Reveals the Causes of Death of 5 Inmates In 2022, five inmates died in a county jail that’s in a state outside Texas. The causes…
Read More Numerous Custodial Suicides Occurred in Texas Jails in 2022, and Many are Considered to Have been Preventable Deaths Suicide is a leading cause of death in U.S. jails. Yet, generally,…
Read More 3 Texas Inmates Commit Suicide on 3 Consecutive Days in February 2022 Continued Jared Jon Bell committed suicide at Travis County Jail on February 9, 2022. Soon after on February 10,…
Read More 3 Texas Inmates Commit Suicide on 3 Consecutive Days in February 2022 Continued The following are details about a Texas inmate who died a day after Jared Jon Bell, who…
Read More An Inmate Dies After Being in Restraints Continued After a continued struggle in which the inmate tried to fight the deputies off of him, he was finally secured in handcuffs.…
Read More An Inmate Dies After Being in Restraints In December 2022, in a county outside Texas, a county jail inmate was arrested on possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia charges. Law…
Read More What Causes Diabetic Ketoacidosis? When a person with diabetes does not get the needed doses of insulin, sugar cannot be stored in your cells as an energy source. As a…
Read More A county jail in Texas came under recent scrutiny regarding an allegedly preventable inmate death. A man who was facing a charge of driving while under the influence died of…
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As part of an effort on September 19, 2022, to save the life of 55 year old Jim Hogg County Jail inmate Michael Joseph Tokos, the air ambulance arrived at…
Read More After Jim Hogg County Jail inmate Michael Joseph Tokos was placed in an ambulance outside the Hebbronville, Texas, jail, paramedics employed lifesaving measures. Mr. Tokos was transported to a halo…
Read More Fifty-five-year-old Michael Joseph Tokos was an inmate at Jim Hogg County Jail in Hebbronville, Texas, beginning on August 17, 2022. On September 19, 2022, fellow bunkmates in the multiple occupancy…
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