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| SPECIAL REPORT: Inmate took his own life after mental illness treatment needs went unmet |
| By vtdigger.org- Elizabeth Hewitt |
| Published: 06/29/2015 |
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At 7:38 p.m. on April 23, an employee at Southern State Correctional Facility sent an email blast from her phone. A 10-33, code for emergency, was called for an inmate who tried to commit suicide. An ambulance rushed Patrick Fennessey to the Springfield Hospital, where a medical helicopter transferred him to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. But efforts to resuscitate the 34-year-old were unsuccessful. Two days later, early on a Saturday evening, Fennessey died as a result of injuries from his attempt to hang himself. At the time of his death, Fennessey was part way through the process of challenging the 2007 conviction for burglary that put him in prison in the first place. A lawyer from the Defender General’s office said it was “likely” he would have overturned the conviction had he lived. Fennessey completed his sentence in 2012 and was eligible to leave prison, but he was returned to a cell several times because the state and community mental health partners could not coordinate what they deemed a suitable re-entry plan before he took his own life. Read More. |
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