News Report | March 6, 2000
Suicide at Maines Supermax Prison Under Investigation
March 6, 2000
Suicide at Maines Supermax Prison Under Investigation
State mental health and corrections officials are investigating the suicide of a 19-year old Maine Supermax inmate. On January 19, 2000, James Thomas, Jr. hanged himself with a bed sheet while in solitary confinement. It was the first suicide at the maximum-security prison since it opened in 1992. On December 21, 1999, while awaiting trail at the Lincoln County Jail, Mr. Thomas tried to kill himself by cutting his wrists with a staple pried from a legal pad. After an evaluation by a mental . . .