Yes but if someone were contemplating it and they are looking for someone to help them off the edge (which is the purpose of the hotline), all these things woul

Yes but if someone were contemplating it and they are looking for someone to help them off the edge (which is the purpose of the hotline), all these things would probably have the opposite effect. Going to jail is probably better if suicide was inevitable, but if it's inevitable, a person probably wouldn't be calling the hotline. I think if the hotline was anonymous and untraceable and directly connected a person to a therapist who specialized in that sort of thing with no strings attached, it would be an invaluable tool. Unfortunately it is not that. It certainly could be.