Table 1 Profile of prisoners engaging in...

Table 1

Profile of prisoners engaging in self-harm, 2017–2019

Demographics	Data item	Variable	No. of episodes
			Gender
			Male		Female		Total 2017–2019
			N	%	N	%	N	%
Risk profile	Age	18–29 years	269	51.8	32	18.1	301	43.2
		30–39 years	172	33.1	67	37.9	239	34.3
		40+ years	73	14.1	78	44.1	151	21.7
		Unknown	5	1.0	0	0	5	0.7
		All	519	100.0	177	100.0	696	100.0
	Method	Self-cutting or scratching	368	70.8	87	49.2	455	65.4
		Hanging	83	16.0	59	33.3	142	20.4
		Blunt object	28	5.4	<5	1.1	30	4.3
		Overdose	7	1.3	<5	1.7	10	1.4
		Fire/flames	6	1.2	<5	2.3	10	1.4
		Other	27	5.2	5	2.8	32	4.6
	Repetition	More than one episode during study period	94	18.1	27	15.3	121	17.4
Characteristics	Severity	No treatment needed	107	21.0	112	63.3	221	31.8
		Minor intervention/minor dressings	171	32.9	44	24.9	215	30.9
		Local wound management	139	26.8	8	4.5	147	21.1
		Outpatient/A&E treatment	77	14.8	12	6.8	89	12.8
		Hospitalisation/intensive care/loss of life	<25	4.4	<5	0.6	24	3.5
	Intent	No/low intent	312	60.1	134	75.7	446	64.1
		Medium level of intent	126	24.3	32	18.1	158	22.7
		High level of intent	81	15.6	10	5.6	91	13.1
Typology	Accommodation	General population	198	38.4	147	83.5	345	49.9
		Special observation	11	2.1	<5	0.6	12	1.7
		Protection	229	44.4	<5	1.7	232	33.5
		CSC	43	8.3	7	4.0	50	7.2
		SOC	17	3.3	<5	0.6	18	2.6
		HSU	18	3.5	17	9.7	35	5.1
	Cell type	Single	388	76.1	118	66.7	506	73.7
		Double	121	23.7	54	30.5	175	25.5
		Triple or more	<5	0.2	5	2.8	6	0.9
	Legal status	Remand	145	28.0	76	42.9	221	31.8
		Sentenced	372	71.8	90	50.8	462	66.5
		Tried/on trial	<5	0.2	11	6.2	12	1.7
	Sentence length	Under 1 year	78	20.9	30	34.5	108	23.5
		1 to 2 years	53	14.2	33	37.9	86	18.7
		2 to 3 years	56	15.0	<5	4.6	60	13.0
		3 to 5 years	64	17.2	<5	4.6	68	14.8
		5 to 10 years	64	17.2	15	17.2	79	17.2
		10+ years	40	10.7	0	0.0	40	8.7
		Life	18	4.8	<5	1.1	19	4.1
	Stage of sentence	First trimester	98	26.9	35	35.7	133	28.8
		Second trimester	137	37.6	34	34.7	171	37.0
		Third trimester	129	35.4	29	29.6	158	34.2
	Regime level	Enhanced	175	40.1	61	37.9	236	39.5
		Standard	201	46.1	75	46.6	276	46.2
		Basic	60	13.8	25	15.5	85	14.2

Demographics	Data item	Variable	No. of episodes
			Gender
			Male		Female		Total 2017–2019
			N	%	N	%	N	%
Risk profile	Age	18–29 years	269	51.8	32	18.1	301	43.2
		30–39 years	172	33.1	67	37.9	239	34.3
		40+ years	73	14.1	78	44.1	151	21.7
		Unknown	5	1.0	0	0	5	0.7
		All	519	100.0	177	100.0	696	100.0
	Method	Self-cutting or scratching	368	70.8	87	49.2	455	65.4
		Hanging	83	16.0	59	33.3	142	20.4
		Blunt object	28	5.4	<5	1.1	30	4.3
		Overdose	7	1.3	<5	1.7	10	1.4
		Fire/flames	6	1.2	<5	2.3	10	1.4
		Other	27	5.2	5	2.8	32	4.6
	Repetition	More than one episode during study period	94	18.1	27	15.3	121	17.4
Characteristics	Severity	No treatment needed	107	21.0	112	63.3	221	31.8
		Minor intervention/minor dressings	171	32.9	44	24.9	215	30.9
		Local wound management	139	26.8	8	4.5	147	21.1
		Outpatient/A&E treatment	77	14.8	12	6.8	89	12.8
		Hospitalisation/intensive care/loss of life	<25	4.4	<5	0.6	24	3.5
	Intent	No/low intent	312	60.1	134	75.7	446	64.1
		Medium level of intent	126	24.3	32	18.1	158	22.7
		High level of intent	81	15.6	10	5.6	91	13.1
Typology	Accommodation	General population	198	38.4	147	83.5	345	49.9
		Special observation	11	2.1	<5	0.6	12	1.7
		Protection	229	44.4	<5	1.7	232	33.5
		CSC	43	8.3	7	4.0	50	7.2
		SOC	17	3.3	<5	0.6	18	2.6
		HSU	18	3.5	17	9.7	35	5.1
	Cell type	Single	388	76.1	118	66.7	506	73.7
		Double	121	23.7	54	30.5	175	25.5
		Triple or more	<5	0.2	5	2.8	6	0.9
	Legal status	Remand	145	28.0	76	42.9	221	31.8
		Sentenced	372	71.8	90	50.8	462	66.5
		Tried/on trial	<5	0.2	11	6.2	12	1.7
	Sentence length	Under 1 year	78	20.9	30	34.5	108	23.5
		1 to 2 years	53	14.2	33	37.9	86	18.7
		2 to 3 years	56	15.0	<5	4.6	60	13.0
		3 to 5 years	64	17.2	<5	4.6	68	14.8
		5 to 10 years	64	17.2	15	17.2	79	17.2
		10+ years	40	10.7	0	0.0	40	8.7
		Life	18	4.8	<5	1.1	19	4.1
	Stage of sentence	First trimester	98	26.9	35	35.7	133	28.8
		Second trimester	137	37.6	34	34.7	171	37.0
		Third trimester	129	35.4	29	29.6	158	34.2
	Regime level	Enhanced	175	40.1	61	37.9	236	39.5
		Standard	201	46.1	75	46.6	276	46.2
		Basic	60	13.8	25	15.5	85	14.2

Notes:

CSC: close supervision cell; SOC: safety observation cell; HSU: high support unit

Source: Table by McTernan et al. (2023)

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