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MA: The Catastrophic Failure of Corrections by by John Feroli, Old Colony prison, Bridgewater, MA.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The Catastrophic Failure of Corrections by John Feroli, Old Colony prison, Bridgewater, MA. ?The state, whether we like it or not, is in loco parentis and serves as one of the most powerful moral teachers we have.? -Justice Brandeis- The Technical Assistance Report on Suicide Prevention within the Massachusetts Prison System, February 2007 reports that, ??the suicide rate within the Massachusetts Department of Corrections during the past 10 years was 26.9 deaths per 100,000 inmates. According to the most recent national data the suicide rate in the federal, state and private prisons throughout the country during 2002 was 14 deaths per 100,000 prison inmates. As such, the suicide rate within the MA DOC was almost double the national average during this 10 year period, and several times greater than the national average in 2006...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 11, 2008 (boomark / email).