Why suicide in jail or prison?

By Teresa Everly

          Prison or jail is not fun. Why do inmates chose suicide over serving time? Is it there guilt of what they done or is it their own selfish needs. Could they just serve their time or instead of killing themselves I’m not saying I want all of them to live, but why take their life?

            Derrick Hicks tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists and swallowing a razor blade. His two inmates said they witnessed it. An officer, Deputy Kirk Green, came to his cell. The cells in jail are nine by ten. Hicks had reason to cut wrists or swallow the razor.  Hicks is in jail for a high speed police chase through Batesville that resulted in West Magnet School. Suicide is never the answer. Talk to someone you trust in order to relieve these thoughts.