suicide Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/suicide/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:42:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png suicide Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/suicide/ 32 32 163009088 Sheriff Tom Dart says Cook County Jail is the first to end solitary confinement. Here’s what it looks like from the inside. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/sheriff-tom-dart-says-cook-county-jail-is-the-first-to-end-solitary-confinement-heres-what-it-looks-like-from-the-inside/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/sheriff-tom-dart-says-cook-county-jail-is-the-first-to-end-solitary-confinement-heres-what-it-looks-like-from-the-inside/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:35:02 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5242807 The Special Management Unit is supposed to be an alternative to isolating people who are violent in jail or break the rules, but a recent tour raises questions about how rehabilitative it is, especially for those in need of mental health care.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/solitary-confinement-of-juveniles-on-the-rise-in-cook-county/feed/ 2 2037670 Chronic disease linked to poverty affects deaths behind bars https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chronic-disease-linked-to-poverty-affects-deaths-behind-bars/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chronic-disease-linked-to-poverty-affects-deaths-behind-bars/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:00:49 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=89199 Sandra Bland's death in jail raised questions about how and why people die behind bars. Nationally, about a third of deaths are ruled suicides. Most are due to chronic disease.

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