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The 'Shock Of Confinement': The Grim Reality Of Suicide In Jail

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A cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. About 1,000 people die in American jails every year, and about a third of those are suicides. (AP)
A cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. About 1,000 people die in American jails every year, and about a third of those are suicides. (AP)

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