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Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux is working to prevent inmate suicides
In a place that, by design, is so hard to leave, a new effort is underway to ensure everyone walks out when their sentences are served. Since becoming sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts, last January, Paul Heroux has made suicide prevention a priority. “We want everybody to go out better than they arrived,” Heroux said. When Heroux became sheriff after…
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Bristol County sheriff working to prevent inmate suicides
Prison suicides have been on the rise across the country for years, and Paul Heroux says Bristol County Jail was seeing three times the national average before he took over as sheriff
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Army Veteran Enlists Rescue Dogs to Lower Suicide Rates
The number of veterans who take their own lives is nearly 20% higher than the number of service members who die in combat.
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Sen. Collins Pushes for Bipartisan Support for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
After a spike in calls to a national suicide crisis line, some federal lawmakers are pushing for more support for that lifeline. According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 45% more calls to the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in August 2022 than there were in August 2021. “The experts tell us that…