About this Book

A one--day hearing looking at the issue of prison suicides and their causes and, in particular, their relationship to overcrowding in prisons. Witnesses examined : Ms Frances Crook, Director, Ms Pauline Campbell, Trustee, The Howard League for Penal Reform, Ms Deborah Coles, Co-director, INQUEST, Ms Juliet Lyon, Director, and Mr Geoff Dobson, Deputy Director, Prison Reform Trust, Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, a Member of the House of Lords, Minister of State for Criminal Justice and Offender Management, and Ms Christine Knott, Acting Head of NOMS, Home Office; Mr Phil Wheatley, Director General, Prison Service; and Mr John Boyington, Department of Health.