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Old 07-14-2015, 12:49 PM
 
Location: TN/NC
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Yet another inmate was found dead last night in the Sullivan County jail by hanging, probably a suicide. It seems that people are turning up dead in the jail fairly frequently. Does the place appear to be mismanaged or are just getting unlucky breaks when it comes to prisoners?
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Old 07-14-2015, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Jonesborough, TN
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There are approximately 1,000 deaths across the country each year in local jails. About a third of these are the result of suicide with a rate of about 40 per 100,000 inmates. With these numbers, keep in mind that in jails, there is a ton of turnover- the jail processes many more people than prisons for much shorter amounts of time. Every so often, you will have a suicide or medical related death. Jail fatalities are not common, but it is not unheard of nor can it automatically be deemed to be mismanagement. The Washington County jail has also had a few deaths in the past couple years. Local jails are not maximum security prisons, as most of the inmates are not convicted and those who have been are misdemeanors.
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Old 07-15-2015, 02:30 AM
 
Location: WV/Va/Ky/Tn
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They don't call it Thunderdome for nothing..
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Old 07-15-2015, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Gray, TN
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The deceased was allegedly a meth cook that had just been booked. Meth makes people do stupid things.

I'm not sure how a prison can be held at fault for suicides.
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