Abstract
Prison suicide rates worldwide are around three times higher in men and nine times higher in women than those in the general population,1 underscoring an urgent need to address this issue. Prison population-based research on prevalence, trends, and magnitude of suicide in India is sparse and inconsistent,2 which has limited the development of suicide prevention programmes specific for prison and custodial settings. We examined the magnitude, trends, and patterns of suicide in Indian prisons over a period of 20 years (2000–19), taking data from the only national public database suitable for this purpose (the Government of India's National Crime Records Bureau).
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