Utah lawmakers are addressing a steep increase in inmate deaths with a voluntary grant program intended to help jails install suicide barriers. The lawmakers’ proposal comes after 19 inmates died in Utah jails in 2020.
— accounting for 51% of all deaths since at least 2013. It’s unclear how many of those people died after jumping from a second-story area
Spackman Moss said during a committee hearing that she discussed other options to address the issue, such as increasing tele-health opportunities for inmates, or better training for corrections officers, but the sheriff’s office representatives said that one solution will not work for every jail, since needs vary so much across the state.But it would help the larger jails, like in Salt Lake and Davis counties, Spackman Moss said.
He added that jail suicides are “unique and pernicious” in that there are normally more than 60 witnesses, as well as employees. He added that sometimes, those who attempt to die by suicide by jumping live.
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