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Are there differences between suicides in austrian and german prisons? What causes this highnumber of people who think they have no alternative than suicide? What are the most importantcharacteristics of people with suicidal tendencies and what can we do in order to help them?The presentation addresses the following topics: (1) The background and main facts about theprison suicides and (2) explanations and basic knowledge about safety measures that play adecisive role in these settings.130. Prison Mental Health and Forensic Care in a Changing SocietyChanges in Dutch Forensic and Penitentiary Psychiatric Care: Where We HaveCome From and Where We Are HeadingErik Sikkens, NIFP Amsterdam (e.sikkens@dji.minjus.nl)The Dutch forensic and penitentiairy care system has gone through major changes the last tenyears. The major goal was to organize better care and make society safer. There has been achange in the financial system from 2007 when all the costs has been transferred from theMinistry of Health to the Ministry of Justice. This has brought new possibilities, but also newproblems, which have to be tackled. These changes and what is has meant for the forensic caresystem will be discussed.Diversion from the Prison Mental Health System into Forensic Psychiatric Care:Is It Better and Safer?M. van Berkel, NIFP Amsterdam, Netherlands (m.van.berkel@dji.minjus.nl)In prisons a large group of inmates have psychiatric disorders. In The Netherlands it is possibleto give basic psychiatric care if needed by a prison psychologist and/or a psychiatrist. Whenspecialized care or more intensive care is needed, an inmate can be transfered to a forensicpsychiatric clinic or to a special unit in the prison system, a penintentiairy psychiatric centre.This presentation will give an overview of all the possibilities of psychiatric care for inmates andwill address the question of why certain choices are made.Does ISD Work? How to Keep the Streets Clean from Habitual Offenders withAddiction and Psychiatric DisordersTwan van Bakel, NIFP Den Bosch, Netherlands309