Rise in suicide attempts in Texas prisons alarms advocates
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April 12, 2019
DALLAS (AP) — Sawyer Letcher heard voices others couldn't. They told him to hurt himself.
Trying to silence the clamor in his head, the 19-year-old would bang it against a prison wall in Texas until he bled. He tried to hang himself at least twice before eventually taking his life with bed sheets in his cell in May 2017.
His attempts at suicide were warnings that prison staff neglected to address, according to a lawsuit filed by Letcher's mother, Keri Womack, against the state prison system and its public health care provider.
Her attorney, Scott Medlock, said Letcher's death is reflective of...
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