Inmate's suicide shows need for reforms, advocates say
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The final two months of Cachin Anderson's life in New York's prison system were filled with warnings he was a man in crisis.
He climbed on a sink and dove headfirst at the floor, saying he "wanted to end it and go home." He urinated on guards. He hurled a can at one corrections officer and punched another in the face, knocking him out.
That behavior landed him in solitary confinement, a setting experts say is often unsuitable for people who are mentally ill or trying to hurt themselves. And there, Anderson killed himself on June 28, 2017, a death a state oversight board later said could have been prevented.
https://wcti12.com/news/nation-world/inmates-suicide-shows-need-for-reforms-advocates-say?