Suicide attempts, self-harm rising in Canada's prisons

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

Cases of serious self-injury by federal inmates across Canada has more than doubled in the last five years, and control measures used to prevent harm may actually be driving more self-destructive behaviour, according to a new report by Canada's Correctional Investigator.

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