suicide watch is one of the oddest ideas in the world. every four hours, night and day, people enter the prisoner's cell to make sure they aren't trying to kill themselves. if they are asleep, they get woken up and checked over... quite harsh really!
self-harm and depression are very real problems that many people spend their lives struggling with - problems that are often very difficult to treat. i don't agree that they should be left to hurt themselves, as some have suggested here, nor should they be left to commit suicide. depressed people are very good at making themselves depressed, and it is likely that this failure to get what he wants will result in the prisoner in question becoming more desperate, and feel worse than ever.
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