Dr. Ford states that "friendships, camaraderie’s attachments" are not only very brief but dangerous in this setting, and patients in the unit did not seem perturbed by the suicide as they have seen this happen before. Dr. Ford states that "suicide is the single leading cause of death in American jails". This seems to be the same experience as the author of "Prison Madness" relates in his 1999 publication. Dr. Forld perceives that for inmates, being admitted at Bellevue is seen by most prisoners as just a reprieve from jail and for some the opportunity to obtain medications. For others is either an attempt not to carry on with suicidal intents or a plan for fulfilling that wish. It must be emphasized that many of these individuals
