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Last Update: 8/15 8:37 pm
Reported by: Deborah Stocks
According to the Department of Corrections, 30-year-old Erick Cervantes was pronounced dead Friday afternoon at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman.
Officials said Cervantes was serving a 2.5 year sentence for misconduct involving weapons and had entered the facility Sept. 11, 2007. He was being held at a Special Management Unit.
The incident is under investigation by the department.
Prison suicides are always tragic and expose the real human cost of prison systems. In England and Wales, 92 men, women, and children killed themselves in prison in 2007 alone. Many of the people we imprison have severe emotional and psychological problems; yet they receive little or no help or support once inside. The Howard League for Penal Reform remains committed to campaigning to reduce the incidence of suicide and self-harm in prison. To find out more, visit http://www.howardleague.org/suicideprevention/.
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