The
occurrence of suicides of people in prison has long been a cause for
concern. Samaritans and the Prison Service are continuing to work in
close partnership to develop new initiatives to address this
worrying trend.
Our neighbouring
Leeds
Branch has a team of Samaritan volunteers to visit local prisons and
young offender's institutions, to select, train and support
prisoners to listen to their fellow prisoners in distress. The work
these Listeners do can be very challenging. It is all face-to-face
and we should not underestimate the vital work that they do.
