Michael A. Smith

Michael A. Smith, 27, died in July 1998 while held at Lancaster County Prison in Pennsylvania. Lancaster Newspapers records cited in a 2015 LancasterOnline report say he made a noose from a bedsheet and hanged himself in his cell. That report lists his death first among the prison suicides it recorded from 1998 onward.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Lancaster Newspapers records say Michael A. Smith made a noose from a bedsheet and hanged himself in his cell at Lancaster County Prison in July 1998.

Reported by: Lancaster Newspapers records (reporters).

Source

• List: 15 suicides at the Lancaster County Prison since 1998 LancasterOnline, January 15, 2015