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  • Little League World Series 2023 Won't Have Bunk Beds After Player's Injury Last Year

    08/15/2023 12:15:06 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 28 replies
    B&R ^ | */15/23 | Adam Wells
    The 2023 Little League World Series won't feature bunk beds for players staying in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In a statement to the Associated Press, Little League International announced all beds will be floor-level after one of last year's players was hospitalized after suffering a head injury when he fell out of a top bunk while sleeping: "Out of an abundance of caution, we placed all beds individually on the floor during last year's World Series, and in preparation for the 2023 Little League International Tournament, Little League decided to provide its participants with single, one-level beds for all of their player...
  • County inmate hangs himself: Officials will change design of beds used in 3 apparent suicides.

    03/28/2002 1:08:44 PM PST · by let freedom sing · 8 replies · 372+ views
    sacbee.com | Thursday, March 28, 2002 | Ralph Montaño -- Bee Staff Writer
    Sacramento County jail inmate was found hanged in his cell Wednesday, the third apparent suicide this year in which an inmate used a small hole in a bunk bed to help end his life. Sheriff's officials said they are now changing the design of the top bunk in hundreds of cells to prevent further deaths. "We are plugging them now," Sacramento County Sgt. James Lewis said. "We are expediting the process, but it is not an overnight fix." It was not clear how many bunks need to be plugged and how long that process will take. The holes, which measure...