Prison Service and HSE seek to put new supports in place to reduce self-harm in prisons

The HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention and the Irish Prison Service are seeking to introduce a new intervention programme to manage self-harm and suicidality in Irish prisons. Picture: The Irish Times

The National Office for Suicide Prevention and the Irish Prison Service want to implement new support services to address self-harming and suicidal behaviour in the country's jails.

A new tender request jointly issued by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention and the Irish Prison Service said they want to "gain greater insight into the effectiveness of current practices being used in the prison service to manage self-harm and suicidality" and "obtain research and implementation support to assist with the roll-out of an evidence-based intervention (CAMS) to manage presentations of self-harm and suicidality in the prison population".