Year: 1993 Source: Jail Suicide Update, v.5, no.1, (Summer 1993), p.9-11 SIEC No: 19930759

This article discusses the decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that claimed each jurisdiction can be found liable for a suicide that occurred based upon the hazardous conditions of the jail. The article then goes on to relate specific cases of jail suicides that the 11th Circuit Court has had to decide on.