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As per the 2021 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Prison Statistics, approximately 9,180 prisoners across the country are said to be suffering from some mental illness. However, various studies have found the real number to...
The NHRC has suggested screening inmates' mental health at the time of admission and constant monitoring of at-risk prisoners to bring down instances of suicides among them.
The human rights body also recommended improving prison architecture and its environment to mitigate suicide attempts by prisoners in judicial custody
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NHRC finds prisoner suicides responsible for the majority of unnatural deaths.