Although the number of suicides in German correctional facilities has fallen in recent years, it is still comparatively high. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) therefore wants to further expand suicide prevention in correctional facilities. In a Europe-wide tender, FusionSystems was awarded the contract for a corresponding research project. In close cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, an assistance system for the early detection of suicidal intent is to be developed, based on artificial intelligence methods. On 22 October, the kick-off press conference took place in Düsseldorf, at which the project was presented to the public.
The software to be developed by FusionSystems is intended to automatically detect relevant features, such as conspicuous objects and behaviours, in the images from the surveillance camera. Based on experience in suicide prevention, these features are used in a second step to classify the current suicide risk.
Various media reported on the press conference:
https://www.justiz.nrw/JM/Presse/PresseJM/archiv/2019_02_Archiv/2019_10_22_PM_KI_Suizidpraevention/index.php
https://www.sat1nrw.de/aktuell/kuenstliche-intelligenz-gegen-knast-suizide-197716/
