Suicide In America's Jail Analysis

In “Preventing suicide in America’s jail,” Brent Staples discusses how suicide has been a considerable problem in jails and how increasing rates of suicide correlates with the cumulation of inmates suffering from mental illness. Staples supports his position by providing inductive reasoning and evidence to appeal to the reasoning and logic of the reader. Staples argues that local authorities need to do a better job preventing suicide and catering to the needs of the mentally ill. He goes on to elaborate that there has been steps to trigger a change in the jails; such as requirements for better mental health treatment and more effective measures to prevent suicide.