Overcrowding blamed for rise in prison deaths - The Guardian 22nd September 2007

Penal reformers last night claimed that increased overcrowding lay behind the rising number of deaths in prison, after the first official count revealed the annual figure was nearly 600. The first annual report from the Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody shows that one third of those who die in psychiatric detention, prisons and police stations do so for reasons other than natural causes, including suicide.

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