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[h=4]Inmate found hanging inside Houston jail cell[/h]HOUSTON – An inmate was found dead inside his jail cell in downtown Houston Thursday afternoon, according to the Houston Police Department.
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A 38-year-old Asian male has been found dead in his Houston jail cell, according to police. The man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance early on Friday, and found dead about 12 hours later.
Houston city jail at 61 Riesner St.(Photo: KHOU-11)
HOUSTON – An inmate was found dead inside his jail cell in downtown Houston Thursday afternoon, according to the Houston Police Department.
The 38-year-old Asian male was booked early Friday morning for possession of a controlled substance at the Houston city jail at 61 Riesner St.
The man, whose name was not released, passed a routine mental health evaluation by the city health department, according to the police department.
Other inmates say the man became agitated after making a phone call right before he went to lunch. He then ate and returned to his cell.
"He was let back into his cell, the cell door was locked behind him," said HPD spokesperson Kese Smith. "Sometime after that, when his suite mate finished lunch, he went back to the cell and found the deceased individual dead. At this time it appears he used his clothing to hang himself."
Jailers tried to perform CPR. EMTs were called to the scene and they pronounced the man dead.
HPD said they check on inmates three times an hour. The state requires checks of once an hour.
The hanging deaths of inmates have drawn attention after Sandra Bland, a black woman arrested after a traffic stop, was found hanging by a trash bag at the Waller County Jail in Hempstead, Tex., about 50 miles north of Houston, on July 13.
Bland's family say they don't believe she would have committed suicide, and point to her optimism about starting a new job at Prairie View A&M. The medical examiner's office for Harris County, Tex. said it found no evidence of violent struggle or homicide. Bland had disclosed a prior suicide attempt on a jail check-in form.
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