Training prisoners to listen to the suicidal among them

 Lifeline’s Eve Barratt

Lifeline’s Eve Barratt Source: SBS

Suicide is the cause of about one in four deaths in Australian prisons. But one program set up to reduce that figure has had some promising results. It pairs new inmates with prisoners trained to give guidance and support.



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