Jason Shaw
Jason Shaw, 44, of Rainier, was held at the Columbia County Jail in St. Helens, Oregon. The sheriff's office said a deputy found him hanging from a bed sheet in December 2016, and that he died the next day at a Portland hospital with his family present. The sheriff's office said staff had found no sign he was at risk of suicide and that it is investigating how long he hung before he was found, an inquiry that is still ongoing. Reporting in 2019 by OPB, KUOW and Northwest News Network described his death as one of two suicide attempts at the jail that day.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says Jason Shaw hanged himself with a bed sheet and showed no sign of suicide risk, while the jail spokesperson said he had been treated for withdrawal symptoms; the sheriff's office is still investigating how long he hung before he was found.
Reported by: Columbia County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (5)
- Columbia County Jail inmate dies in hospital after suicide attempt
- Jail inmate commits suicide - Tillamook Headlight-Herald
- Suicide attempts from 2 Columbia County jail inmates kills 1, hospitalizes another
- Booked And Buried: Northwest Jails' Mounting Death Toll
- Rising Death Rates in Northwest Jails Hidden by Incomplete Data