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Prisoners: Suicide

Volume 461: debated on Monday 11 June 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) convicted prisoners and (b) remand prisoners committed suicide in each financial year from 2000-01 to 2006-07. (141563)

The information requested in respect of self-inflicted deaths according to legal status is provided in the following table.

Remand/convicted self-inflicted deaths1: 2000-01 to 2006-07

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Remand2

34

28

41

35

27

26

22

Convicted unsentenced3

8

10

15

16

17

11

7

Sentenced

35

37

50

42

42

37

44

Total

77

75

106

93

86

74

73

1 Self-inflicted deaths include all deaths where it appears the individual acted specifically to take their own life, not only those that received a suicide or open verdict at inquest.

2 Includes some with detainee status.

3 Includes some with J/R status (judgment respited, convicted but awaiting further reports before sentencing).