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Document DOJ-OGR-00027379

AI Analysis

Summary: The document records mental health assessments of an inmate on 8.1.19 and 8.8.19, noting initial denial of suicidality and later some sleep concerns, before the inmate was found unresponsive and hanging in SHU on 8.10.19.
Significance: This document highlights the mental health assessments and tragic outcome of an inmate, raising concerns about prison conditions and the effectiveness of mental health evaluations.
Key Topics: Mental health assessment Suicidality Prison conditions and inmate behavior
Key People:
  • [b(6); (b)(7)(C) - Inmate being assessed

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8.1.19 [b(6); (b)(7)(C) SRA was conducted— Court sent a form “suicidal tendencies”. Denied any suicidality; friends and lawyers supportive; Jewish—against his religion [b(7)(A) [b(7)(A) 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 [b(6); (b)(7)(C) for a follow-up session to assess adjustment in SHU. No acute symptoms, distress or mental health concerns; denied suicidality, some concerns with sleep. 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)