Prisoners' Deaths in Local Jails: Factors Influencing Inmate Suicide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780595293124)

Since 1987, there have been 49 inmate deaths in jails and prisons across the state of Mississippi. No study has been produced or written to explicate why such deaths have occurred in Mississippi's jails. Most of the deaths have been labeled suicide, but further research by the author has led to other explanations that these deaths were not all suicide. Many of the victims were African American, male, young and with no previous history of arrests. Within 24 hours of being incarcerated, many of these pre-trial detainees were found hanged in their jail cells with larynx and muscles missing, tongue cut out and body covered with bruises.

Author: Lisa Nikol Nealy
ISBN-10: 0595293123
ISBN-13: 9780595293124
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2004
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d