People on suicide watch commit suicide all the time. Thankfully, as I still have some college to pay

Frank L 64990 posts Joined: Sep 20, 2007

Posted 12:03 pm on Aug 10, 2019

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The correct question is what kind on watch was he on? One to one, 10 minutes or 15 minutes? Was he on strip cell status, suicide smock, and or finger foods?

If not on one on one in a strip cell with smock, it is not unusual.

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People on suicide watch commit suicide all the time. Thankfully, as I still have some college to pay Frank L 12:03pm · 8/10/19
- Why would he not have been on the latter option given that he attempted it a couple weeks ago? MAS 12:29pm · 8/10/19
  - Normally that is for inmates considered to be actively suicidal meaning they are at imminent risk. Frank L 12:46pm · 8/10/19
    - You don't find that fishy at all for a case of this magnitude? You would know better, but MAS 12:48pm · 8/10/19
      - Normally a high profile suicide is that last thing the prison officials want. Frank L 12:55pm · 8/10/19
        
        I was addressing the potential claim that prison officials wanted him to do it as part of some Frank L 1:15pm · 8/10/19
        
        Responds to MAS.NT Frank L 1:15pm · 8/10/19
        
        There's a logical fallacy in there somewhere. MAS 1:06pm · 8/10/19
- Are you talking in general or Federal prison? Don't Fed prisons have higher security than state's?NT Eli 12:12pm · 8/10/19
  - I am talking in any prison. Suicide protocol is Correctional Health Care 101. Frank L 12:17pm · 8/10/19
    - Ok. tell us how many suicides happened just 1 month after being arrested and right before trial? Eli 12:35pm · 8/10/19
      - Plenty. Upcoming trials can be a triggering factor as can recent incarceration.NT Frank L 12:39pm · 8/10/19
        
        OK. To summarize: suicides of high profile, on suicide watch, only 1 month in fed prison are plentyNT Eli 12:57pm · 8/10/19
        
        Well no, but not many inmates fit that profile. But take any of those three categories, and they Frank L 1:02pm · 8/10/19
- *NT Frank L 12:04pm · 8/10/19

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