{"id":301368,"date":"2025-12-03T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/data-reveals-staggering-scale-of-self-inflicted-deaths-among-female-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:00:08","slug":"data-reveals-staggering-scale-of-self-inflicted-deaths-among-female-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/data-reveals-staggering-scale-of-self-inflicted-deaths-among-female-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Data reveals staggering scale of self-inflicted deaths among female prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/99AK7w5VOEs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Data reveals staggering scale of self-inflicted deaths among female prisoners\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/99AK7w5VOEs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It is a long list of mothers, sisters and daughters. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Women who&#8217;ve died in prison who could still be alive today, according to the charity Inquest, if successive governments had delivered on promises to change the system.<\/p>\n<p>New data shared with this programme, reveals a third of all female deaths in prison between 2018 and 2024 were self-inflicted. <\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Justice told us they accept prison is &quot;not working for most women,&quot; and they&#8217;re looking at diverting more away from custody.<\/p>\n<p>A warning, this report contains distressing content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a long list of mothers, sisters and daughters. 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