County Was Warned On Likelihood of Hangings ; in '08, National Panel Cited Suicide Risk in Jail

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A commission warned two years ago that cells in the Erie County Holding Center offer suicidal inmates too many ways to hang themselves.

Nooses can be tied to steel beds, loosened wall plates or bars on windows, said the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

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County Was Warned On Likelihood of Hangings ; in '08, National Panel Cited Suicide Risk in Jail

Daniel Nye, 26, of Euclid Avenue, Cheektowaga, became the latest Holding Center inmate to take his life by hanging in his cell Saturday. He used shoelaces tied to a bar on his cell's window, according to a jail staff member, who asked to remain unidentified because he lacks authority to spe...

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