Association of overcrowding and turnover with self-harm in a Swiss pre-trial prison - Baggio S, G étaz L, Tran NT, Peigné N, Chacowry Pala K, Golay D, Heller P, Bodenmann P, Wolff H.

Self-harm is a common issue in detention and includes both suicidal and non-suicidal behaviours. Beyond well-known individual risk factors, institutional factors such as overcrowding (i.e., when the prison population exceeds its capacity) and turnover (i.e...
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