At approximately 12:45 this afternoon…
shortly after the lunch meal was completed, an inmate tried to kill himself by jumping over the railing from the top tier of the E-North cell block.
The tier this man jumped from is about the equivalent of leaping from a third-floor window. He landed in a heap, blood pouring from his mouth, his bones badly bruised, if not broken.
A team of correction officers placed him on a stretcher and rushed him to the infirmary. An ambulance was summoned from a nearby town, and he was then rushed to an outside hospital.
Later today I heard rumors that several of the officers who loaded him into the ambulance said that his heart had stopped beating two times. I began to pray for this man the moment I heard the news of his suicide attempt. And in this prison environment, news, whether accurate or not, always spreads quickly.
I know the man who tried to kill himself. He may already be dead, however. Nevertheless, I am awaiting word, and I don't think that an accurate report on his condition will come for another day or two. For now, all I can do is pray and trust in the Lord for the best outcome, that he will survive and be okay.
I know he had been depressed, especially at not hearing from his family. Recently he had been lamenting to me that his family had abandoned him.
I know he was hurting and I'm sure he felt lonely. He has also been struggling with mental illness, and this is why he was housed in the E-North cell block in the first place.
D. B.
The tier this man jumped from is about the equivalent of leaping from a third-floor window. He landed in a heap, blood pouring from his mouth, his bones badly bruised, if not broken.
A team of correction officers placed him on a stretcher and rushed him to the infirmary. An ambulance was summoned from a nearby town, and he was then rushed to an outside hospital.
Later today I heard rumors that several of the officers who loaded him into the ambulance said that his heart had stopped beating two times. I began to pray for this man the moment I heard the news of his suicide attempt. And in this prison environment, news, whether accurate or not, always spreads quickly.
I know the man who tried to kill himself. He may already be dead, however. Nevertheless, I am awaiting word, and I don't think that an accurate report on his condition will come for another day or two. For now, all I can do is pray and trust in the Lord for the best outcome, that he will survive and be okay.
I know he had been depressed, especially at not hearing from his family. Recently he had been lamenting to me that his family had abandoned him.
I know he was hurting and I'm sure he felt lonely. He has also been struggling with mental illness, and this is why he was housed in the E-North cell block in the first place.
D. B.
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