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Document doj-ogr-00027042

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Summary: The document records mental health assessments of an inmate in SHU on three different dates, noting his denial of suicidality and relatively stable mental state, before tragically being found unresponsive and hanging 10 days after removal from constant observation.
Significance: This document is potentially important as it details the mental health assessments and observations of an inmate who later died by hanging in SHU, raising questions about the adequacy of the risk assessment and monitoring.
Key Topics: Mental health assessment of an inmate Inmate's adjustment in Special Housing Unit (SHU) Suicidality and risk assessment
Key People:
  • The inmate - Subject of the mental health assessments and tragic event
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Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES010

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Page 3727 8.1.19 [redacted] SRA was conducted— Court sent a form “suicidal tendencies”. Denied any suicidality; friends and lawyers supportive; Jewish—against his religion [redacted]. [redacted] His cellmate is talkative but he will give it a chance. Noisy in SHU. He lives for fighting this case and going back to his normal life. 8.8.19 [redacted] for a follow-up session to assess adjustment in SHU. No acute symptoms, distress or mental health concerns; denied suicidality, some concerns with sleep [redacted]. Happy he received his PAC # to make phone calls and requested to speak with someone without it being on a speakerphone. Wanting his books he left in the suicide watch area. Interacting and getting along with his cellmate. Getting ready of this attorney visit. 8.10.19 – Found Unresponsive and Hanging in SHU at 6:30 a.m. (10 days after his removal from a constant observation) DOJ-OGR-00027042