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MA: MA: (8-17) Metro-West Article: Two More Women Prisoners Attempt Suicide at Framingham

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Two more MCI-Framingham inmates attempt suicide By Dan McDonald/Daily News staff The MetroWest Daily News Posted Aug 17, 2009 FRAMINGHAM ? Two more MCI-Framingham inmates tried to kill themselves this month, bringing the count for attempted suicides inside the Loring Drive prison to six for the year. These episodes occur at a time when the state Department of Correction struggles with overcrowding and cutbacks in staff and services. All told, 22 people have tried to kill themselves inside state prisons this year, according to an e-mail from Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin. Of the suicide attempts at Framingham, only one inmate died: Christina Morando, 22, of Swampscott, who was serving a two- to six-year term for accessory to robbery and armed assault with intent to rob or murder...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 22, 2009 (boomark / email).