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High suicide rates plague Massachusetts correctional officers
By masslive.com- Shira Schoenberg
Published: 01/04/2016

When Michael Mellen retired at age 45, after 22 years as a Massachusetts correctional officer, he could not leave behind the paranoia that he developed behind the walls.

Mellen refused to sit in a restaurant with his back facing the door. He was always looking over his shoulder, a symptom of the years when an inmate could attack at any moment.

"Once he retired, it really seemed to get out of control," said Mellen's daughter, Bryanna Mellen. "His cynicism, his paranoia. He was very depressed."

In 2011, 18 months after he retired, Michael Mellen committed suicide.

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