Prisoner Suicide

Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.

Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.

A 26-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide while in judicial custody on Monday, police said.

A man who was arrested on murder charges allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the window of a prison in Dausa's Lalsot police station, police said today.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against eight persons, including two absconders, in a case of prison radicalisation and 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack conspiracy by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Karnataka.

A police constable posted outside the Byculla prison here shot himself dead with his service rifle on Thursday night, police said.

A 33-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide at his barrack in Bhondsi jail in Gurugram, police said on Monday.

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

Prominent French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his Paris prison cell, prosecutors said Saturday, in an echo of the jail suicide of his friend.

A 48-year-old prisoner allegedly committed suicide by slitting his throat with a wood-cutting machine at the central jail in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Saturday, police said.

NHRC has taken a serious view of the deaths due to suicide by the two prisoners of Navi Mumbai and Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata, and non-submission of requisite reports in the matters by the concerned authorities despite its notices.

Spanish investigators Thursday probed the death of John McAfee who was found in his prison cell after an apparent suicide following a court decision approving his extradition to the US on tax evasion charges.

John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona, Spain, in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in prison, authorities said.

An undertrial prisoner hanged himself in Amhat jail in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district on Wednesday, police said.

A 50-year-old prisoner, accused of raping a minor, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the Rigauli Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, police said on Friday.

Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.

Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.

A 26-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide while in judicial custody on Monday, police said.

A man who was arrested on murder charges allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the window of a prison in Dausa's Lalsot police station, police said today.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against eight persons, including two absconders, in a case of prison radicalisation and 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack conspiracy by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Karnataka.

A police constable posted outside the Byculla prison here shot himself dead with his service rifle on Thursday night, police said.

A 33-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide at his barrack in Bhondsi jail in Gurugram, police said on Monday.

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

Prominent French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his Paris prison cell, prosecutors said Saturday, in an echo of the jail suicide of his friend.

A 48-year-old prisoner allegedly committed suicide by slitting his throat with a wood-cutting machine at the central jail in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Saturday, police said.

NHRC has taken a serious view of the deaths due to suicide by the two prisoners of Navi Mumbai and Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata, and non-submission of requisite reports in the matters by the concerned authorities despite its notices.

Spanish investigators Thursday probed the death of John McAfee who was found in his prison cell after an apparent suicide following a court decision approving his extradition to the US on tax evasion charges.

John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona, Spain, in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in prison, authorities said.

An undertrial prisoner hanged himself in Amhat jail in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district on Wednesday, police said.

A 50-year-old prisoner, accused of raping a minor, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the Rigauli Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, police said on Friday.