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<p>Every self-inflicted death is a tragedy and we are committed to reducing the number
of self-inflicted deaths in prisons.</p><p><br> All prisons are required to have procedures
in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves,
and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has put in place additional resources
to undertake this safer custody work. NOMS is also reviewing the operation of the
case management process for prisoners assessed as being at risk and the Government
is considering the recommendations of Lord Harris’ Review into the deaths in custody
of young adults.</p><p><br> HMP Liverpool is implementing the recommendations arising
out of the most recent inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, published
on 20 October 2015. The prison has a full safer custody team, which has been allocated
additional resources to support prisoners identified as being at risk. It operates
a Listener peer support service in partnership with the Samaritans and will shortly
be opening an early days centre to improve support for new prisoners.</p><p><br> HMP
Altcourse has a local safer custody improvement plan that includes improvements to
the support offered to prisoners in their early days. It also operates a Listener
scheme with the support of the Samaritans.</p>
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