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In a sign of deepening mental health crisis behind bars, the number of people who died by suicide in New York State prisons more than doubled in the past year, according to newly released data obtained by a prison oversight group.

The Correctional Association of New York ( CANY ), a nonprofit with a mandate to monitor prison conditions, unveiled a new dashboard Tuesday detailing that 25 people died by suicide in state prisons in 2024 — up from

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