Are prisons safe? Death due to depression while in custody: a case report

Authors

  • Rupeshkumar Naik Department of Forensic Medicine, JIPMER hospital, Pondicherry
  • Kusa Kumar Shaha Department of Forensic Medicine, JIPMER hospital, Pondicherry
  • Vinod A. Chaudhari Department of Forensic Medicine, JIPMER hospital, Pondicherry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20160833

Keywords:

Custodial death, Autopsy, Prisoner, Suicide, Prevention

Abstract

Prisoners are not born but made. Custodial deaths were becoming crunch to the mistreated police control for so many decades. A 32-year-old male was found dead inside prison because of depression that he was prisoned. On examination, there was ligature mark over neck that was suicidal in nature. Proper care of the prisoners, motivation inside the prison, maintaining surprise visits by higher officials, and closed monitoring by CCTV may prevent these

type of suicidal behaviours inside the prison. The present case gives the idea for the police personnel to motivate and monitor the prisoners to prevent suicidal behaviour.

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Published

2016-12-28

How to Cite

Naik, R., Shaha, K. K., & Chaudhari, V. A. (2016). Are prisons safe? Death due to depression while in custody: a case report. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 4(4), 1304–1306. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20160833

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