Sample Policy and Defined Procedures for Decelerating or Removing an Inmate from Suicide Watch

Year: 1990 Source: Jail Suicide Update, v.3, no.3, (Winter 1990), p.10 SIEC No: 19910737

This article outlines criteria for keeping or removing an inmate from suicide watch. The author suggests frequent reevaluations by mental health personnel, as well as input from correctional officers and the inmates themselves. (VM)

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Rowan J R