|
|
| Teen Inmate Commits Suicide After AZ Departartment of Corrections Was Warned of Her Mental-Health Problems |
| By phoenixnewtimes.com- Miriam Wasser |
| Published: 08/16/2016 |
|
New evidence shows that a few weeks before a teenager held in solitary confinement at Perryville Prison died in what appears to be an act of suicide, the Arizona Department of Corrections had been specifically warned about her deteriorating mental health and notified that the conditions in which she was being kept likely violated state policy. Prison staff found Mariam Abdullah, who was serving a three-year sentence for armed robbery, in her cell with a bedsheet wrapped around her neck on the evening of July 19. Unresponsive but still alive, she was taken to a nearby hospital. She died the following afternoon, less than six weeks after her 18th birthday. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to report the official cause of death, but ADC spokesman Andrew Wilder says evidence points to "an apparent act of self-harm." Read More. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think