NCIA Jail Suicide Prevention and Liability Reduction Services is managed and directed by Lindsay M. Hayes, a nationally recognized expert in the field of suicide prevention in jail, prison, and juvenile facilities. Mr. Hayes has directed the only four national studies in the area for the U.S. Justice Department. In addition, he has authored model training curricula on suicide prevention in both jails and juvenile facilities.

For over 25 years, Mr. Hayes has also served as a consultant in providing staff training and program assessment/development services in the area of suicide prevention in correctional facilities to various local and state jurisdictions throughout the country. He also serves as a suicide prevention consultant to the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in its investigation of conditions of confinement in various adult and juvenile correctional facilities; serves as an expert consultant to court systems in the development and monitoring of jail and juvenile suicide prevention programs; and serves as a consultant to several state departments of correction and state juvenile correctional agencies in the area of suicide prevention. Further, Mr. Hayes serves as an expert witness/consultant in litigation cases involving suicide in correctional facilities, and has been qualified as an expert in both federal and state courts throughout the country. 

As a result of research, technical assistance, and consultant work in the area of suicide prevention in correctional facilities, Mr. Hayes has reviewed and/or examined over 1,500 cases of suicide in jail, prison, and juvenile facilities throughout the country during the past 20 years. In 2001, he was presented with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Award of Excellence for outstanding contribution in the field of suicide prevention.