Jonathan O'Brien
Question:291. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded self-harm incidents per prison in 2016. [32278/17]
View answerTuesday, 11 July 2017
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I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it does not currently hold data on the number of recorded self harm incidents in the form requested.
However, the Irish Prison Service has also advised that it has put a process in place whereby every incident of self harm is being examined by a multi-disciplinary team. Data on self harm is now being collated by way of a newly developed system for the recording of incidents of self harm. This data will be used for the purposes of informing IPS policy and procedures which are designed to minimise the incidence of self harm and suicide in the prison population.