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A man held in a Kern County jail in August 2013 was placed in a watch cell near the deputy desk because he had tried to kill himself before. A ProPublica report published in November 2019 said deputies had put a portable fan with an extension cord in that cell during a hot stretch, and he was found hanging from the cord two days later. The report describes the setup as a violation of the rule that suicide watch cells should hold nothing a person could use to harm themselves.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Deputies placed him in a suicide watch cell with a portable fan and extension cord he used to hang himself, and the article says this violated the rule that watch cells hold nothing a person can use to harm themselves.
Reported by: news reports.