To have a dying man in your arms

Prison suicide is hard to witness also for the staff. I spoke to prison officers who opened up a prison cell in which two prisoners attempted to commit suicide after killing a third. The motive was that the third prisoner was a pedophile. The nurse saved the life of the other two. They were overdosed with benzodiazepines. A staff member said that the cell was full of smelling and steaming blood. It was new years eve. The guy said that he could not forget the smell of the blood which was all over the floor of the cell.

A juvenile prisoner died. He went to the toilet while his cellmates watched the TV. He closed the door and opened up the water to wash the smells. He told the others to give the volume up to hear the TV show which was going on. He made a rope from his belt and some ripped sheets and blankets and he hanged himself and died within two minutes. Cellmates screamed as they discovered him, but they could not save him. A guard came into the cell after the roommates were crying and screaming and hitting the cell door desperately. He held the young men for a minute, the body was warm but he could feel as it became more and more COLD. The life disappeared from the of the inmate. The guard laid the body on the floor and left the cell. Other staff member came, also the ambulance but they could not reanimate him. This poor guy was also overdosed with benzodiazepines. A staff member later said to me that the saddest thing was that the dead body of the 19 years old boy was not even covered, and she could see his naked dead eyes watching to nowhere.