Prison suicide report critical of correction system’s mental health treatment

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Prison suicide report critical of correction system’s mental health treatment

SUICIDE STUDY: One prisoner said the staff’s worksheets weren’t helping. An internal report about prison suicides that has not yet been presented to the state Board of Corrections paints an unflattering picture of the prison system’s mental health services.  Tabrina Bratton, who analyzes the department’s programs, studied the 49 suicides that happened in Arkansas prisons from 2017-2022. The study found that many of the suicide victims met with a…