From: Characteristics of persons who died by suicide in prison in France: 2017–2018
n | % | |
---|---|---|
Male gender | 223 | 94.9 |
Age at the time of suicide (years) | ||
< 18 | 1 | 0.4 |
18–29 | 63 | 26.8 |
30–39 | 59 | 25.1 |
40–49 | 65 | 27.7 |
50–59 | 33 | 14.0 |
≥ 60 | 14 | 6.0 |
French nationality | 192 | 81.7 |
Education | ||
None or primary school | 10 | 4.3 |
College | 92 | 39.1 |
High school | 66 | 28.1 |
University studies | 18 | 7.7 |
Missing | 49 | 20.8 |
Employment before prison | ||
Employed | 93 | 39.6 |
Unemployed | 121 | 51.5 |
Retired | 3 | 1.3 |
Missing | 18 | 7.6 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 109 | 46.4 |
Lives with a partner (including married) | 95 | 40.4 |
Divorced | 24 | 10.2 |
Widow(er) | 5 | 2.1 |
Missing | 2 | 0.9 |
Children | ||
0 | 88 | 37.4 |
≥ 1 | 136 | 57.9 |
Missing | 11 | 4.7 |
Remand status when entering prison | 216 | 91.9 |
Remand status at the time of suicide | 114 | 48.5 |
Main offence | ||
Homicide | 53 | 22.6 |
Sexual offence | 53 | 22.6 |
Assault | 46 | 19.6 |
Burglary or theft offence | 41 | 17.4 |
Drug-related offence | 16 | 6.8 |
Other | 26 | 11.1 |
First incarceration | 115 | 48.9 |
Contact with relatives in prison | ||
Visiting rooms | 92 | 39.1 |
Paper mail and/or telephone | 31 | 13.2 |
None, first week of incarceration | 30 | 12.8 |
None, incarcerated for more than a week | 71 | 30.2 |
Semi-open facility | 4 | 1.7 |
Missing | 7 | 3.0 |
Detection of a high risk of suicide while in prison | ||
Yes | 60 | 25.5 |
No | 137 | 58.3 |
Missing | 38 | 16.2 |