Suicide in Prison: "Truly Peaking,"
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On the occasion of the World Day of Suicide Prevention (September 10), the Volksanwaltin Gabriela Schwarz (ÖVP) (People's Prosecutor for Prisons) is drawing attention to the alarming suicide figures in the Austrian prisons. "At the end of August, we were already reported as many suicides from the judicial institutions as in the whole of the previous year. Thus, we reached the sad peak of 2025", Schwarz announced on Wednesday. According to the Vo…
According to the People's Attorney's Office, eight suicides and 33 suicide attempts were registered this year by the end of August.
By the end of the summer, the figures for the previous year have already been exceeded. People's lawyer Gabriela Schwarz (ÖVP) sees an alarm signal for the responsible Ministry of Justice.
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