Inmate Suicide

A man, who was arrested in a dowry death case, died by suicide in the district jail on Monday, a senior prison official said.

An 11-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on the premises of her school hostel in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district, police said today. Going by her suicide note, she wasn't happy with her educational institution.

A 12-year-old girl inmate of a state-funded shelter home in the city was hospitalised, after she allegedly swallowed glass shards in a bid to commit suicide due to the "torture" inflicted upon her.The girl belongs from Assam's Kamrup district.

Contrary to his claims of being tormented and persecuted in jail, underworld don Abu Salem is enjoying a lavish lifestyle even behind bars, where he not only has his own manservant, but also throws parties for fellow inmates with home food and, sometimes, even smuggled fried chicken from KFC.

Eccentric US tycoon Robert Durst has been transferred to a jail for mentally ill inmates pending further hearings after his arrest for the killing of a mobster's daughter, an official said on Wednesday.

Six prisoners at a southern Taiwan jail committed suicide on Thursday, ending a standoff after they took several staff hostage to complain about unfair trials and demand their freedom, officials said.

A suicide bombing at a Shiite ceremony killed at least 15 people in northeastern Nigeria on Monday while 132 inmates were at large after a daring prison break.

In one case, a mentally ill New York City inmate hanged himself from a shower pipe on his third try in three days. During that stretch, orders to put him on 24-hour watch were apparently ignored, along with a screening form that said he was "thinking about killing himself."

Inmates at a jail in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district have gone on the rampage over the alleged suicide of a prisoner due to harassment. Angry inmates armed with sticks and stones have been protesting in the jail, some even clashing with the police since Wednesday night.

An alleged Al Qaeda inmate in a Baghdad prison detonated explosives in an attempted suicide bombing on Wednesday, wounding four people and badly injuring himself, officials and a prisoner said.

A man, who was arrested in a dowry death case, died by suicide in the district jail on Monday, a senior prison official said.

An 11-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on the premises of her school hostel in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district, police said today. Going by her suicide note, she wasn't happy with her educational institution.

A 12-year-old girl inmate of a state-funded shelter home in the city was hospitalised, after she allegedly swallowed glass shards in a bid to commit suicide due to the "torture" inflicted upon her.The girl belongs from Assam's Kamrup district.

Contrary to his claims of being tormented and persecuted in jail, underworld don Abu Salem is enjoying a lavish lifestyle even behind bars, where he not only has his own manservant, but also throws parties for fellow inmates with home food and, sometimes, even smuggled fried chicken from KFC.

Eccentric US tycoon Robert Durst has been transferred to a jail for mentally ill inmates pending further hearings after his arrest for the killing of a mobster's daughter, an official said on Wednesday.

Six prisoners at a southern Taiwan jail committed suicide on Thursday, ending a standoff after they took several staff hostage to complain about unfair trials and demand their freedom, officials said.

A suicide bombing at a Shiite ceremony killed at least 15 people in northeastern Nigeria on Monday while 132 inmates were at large after a daring prison break.

In one case, a mentally ill New York City inmate hanged himself from a shower pipe on his third try in three days. During that stretch, orders to put him on 24-hour watch were apparently ignored, along with a screening form that said he was "thinking about killing himself."

Inmates at a jail in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district have gone on the rampage over the alleged suicide of a prisoner due to harassment. Angry inmates armed with sticks and stones have been protesting in the jail, some even clashing with the police since Wednesday night.

An alleged Al Qaeda inmate in a Baghdad prison detonated explosives in an attempted suicide bombing on Wednesday, wounding four people and badly injuring himself, officials and a prisoner said.