@article{ref1,
title="Inmate suicide and time spent in special disciplinary housing in New York state prison",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2007",
author="Way, B. B. and Sawyer, Donald A. and Barboza, Sharen and Nash, Robin",
volume="58",
number="4",
pages="558-560",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examined the number of days that prisoners spent in a special disciplinary housing unit in New York State prison before a suicide occurred. METHODS: Suicides that occurred between 1993 and 2003 were reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 32 suicides occurred in one-person special housing cells during the 11-year period. Inmates spent a median of 63 days in a special disciplinary housing cell before committing suicide. The aggregate median sentence these inmates were serving in special housing at the time of suicide was 298.5 days. CONCLUSIONS: Because most suicides in a special housing unit occurred within eight weeks of placement, enhanced observation of special housing inmates is warranted in that period at a minimum.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.58.4.558",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.58.4.558"
}