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Originally published on May 10, 2021 8:55 am
For the second time in less than a year, Washington’s Corrections Ombuds (OCO) is warning that the state’s prison system needs to do more to prevent inmate suicides.
In a 15-page investigation released Monday, the OCO found that two inmates died by suicide in 2020 after prison staff failed to recognize signs of mental distress and didn’t follow suicide prevention policies.
“Suicides are preventable. There should be zero, that should be the goal” said Assistant Ombuds Dr. Patricia David, the investigation’s author and the OCO’s Director of Patient Safety and Performance Review.
Suicide warning signs missed at Washington prisons, investigation finds
For the second time in less than a year, Washingtonâs Corrections Ombuds (OCO) is warning that the stateâs prison system needs to do more to prevent inmate suicides.
In a 15-page investigation scheduled for release Monday, the OCO found that two inmates died by suicide in 2020 after prison staff failed to recognize signs of mental distress and didnât follow suicide prevention policies.
âSuicides are preventable. There should be zero, that should be the goalâ said Assistant Ombuds Dr. Patricia David, the investigationâs author and the OCOâs Director of Patient Safety and Performance Review.