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Prisoners are taking their own lives within 48 hours of entering reception prisons

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Self-inflicted deaths LLB Press Release FINAL (PDF, 135.6 KB)

The latest learning lessons bulletin published by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) explores why reception prisons have one of the highest rates of self-inflicted deaths of all prison functions.