Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $21,388
26%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 26%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: bluestategitmo

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • 10 suicides in the Mass. state prison system in 15 months

    04/01/2007 6:43:09 AM PDT · by NativeNewYorker · 25 replies · 1,031+ views
    PoliceOne ^ | 4/1/7
    BOSTON, Ma. - An inmate undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital hung himself in a shower stall -- the 10th suicide in the state prison system in the past 15 months, the Department of Correction said Saturday.Jarred Aranda, 27, wrapped a shoelace around his neck and tied it to the handle of the shower-stall door Friday night, DOC spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said. He was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. Aranda began serving a 1-year sentence for larceny and assault in January. He was transferred from the Bristol County House of Correction to Bridgewater on March 13 to begin a...