§ 36. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have committed suicide in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of these occurred in safe cells. [47098]
§ Beverley HughesThere were 72 self-inflicted deaths of prisoners in 2001, a reduction of 11 per cent. on the year 2000. Two of these occurred in safer cells.