Fifteen inmates in three years have committed suicide in Massachusetts state prisons -- a death spike that has pushed the suicide rate to roughly three times the rate in other states.
Fifteen inmates in three years have committed suicide in Massachusetts state prisons -- a death spike that has pushed the suicide rate to roughly three times the rate in other states.
(Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
BREAKDOWN | THE PRISON SUICIDE CRISIS A prison system strains, and inmates die of suicide