The county was already considering terminating the prison company's $10-million contract.
By JONATHAN ABEL
Published January 28, 2006
BROOKSVILLE - Executives from Corrections Corp. of America were in town to calm concerns about two recent suicides at the Hernando County Jail.
At 6:33 a.m. Friday, it happened again.
Inmate Truoc Tran, 33, of St. Petersburg was found hanging by a noose he fashioned from his shirt. A short time later, Tran was pronounced dead in his cell, county officials said.
It was the third suicide at the jail since early November and came as Hernando County commissioners questioned whether they should terminate a $10-million contract with CCA.
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According to a preliminary report of the latest suicide provided by County Purchasing Director James Gantt, inmate Truoc Tran was housed with nearly 40 other federal inmates since November 2005.
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Inmates were locked into the cells only at night but allowed to move freely during the day from the cells to the commons area.
At 9:08 p.m., Tran left his cell he shared with another inmate and moved to another unoccupied cell. Guard's talked with Tran a few minutes but allowed him to remain alone and locked all the inmates into their cells for the night.
The next morning, guards found Tran hanging from a noose he fashioned with fabric and tied to an air vent built into his cell's wall.
Commissioner Chris Kingsley said there was little he thought CCA could do to stop such suicides.
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