Conventional thinking about suicide prevention in corrections holds that the aim of a suicide prevention program is to prevent suicide, and preventing suicide means the program must identify and respond to suicidal adults. In this paper, I explain why this conventional thinking is too narrow and then present a model of suicide prevention—the 4-Square Model of Suicide Prevention adopted in California prisons—that offers a broader view of what suicide prevention means in carceral settings. What Are We Trying to Prevent? Ordinarily, healthcare prevention programs aim to avoid adverse health outcomes by (a) preventing the onset of the condition believed to cause them and (b) treating the … [Read more...] about The 4-Square Model of Suicide Prevention in Corrections