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 A former Chicopee man convicted of second-degree murder for killing a real estate agent in 1976 has been found hanged in prison cell.

 PRISON bosses have been forced to pay out £145,000 in compensation after an inmate killed himself at a maximum security jail in the Midlands.

HMP Long Lartin in Evesham, Worcestershire, handed over the huge damages after facing legal action following the death in custody.

 An inmate at the Fayette County Jail apparently hanged himself with a bed sheet while in his cell March 10. Riverdale resident Rodney Scott Tutton had been in jail since Feb. 19 on a charge of probation violation.

COLUMBUS, Ohio —  Officials say an Ohio inmate who intentionally overdosed on pills hours before his scheduled execution has returned to prison and is on suicide watch.

Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who admitted taking an overdose of medication prescribed to him, arrived at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown shortly after noon on Tuesday.

 SAN AUGUSTINE, TX (KTRE) - A 21-year-old woman hanged herself to death a day after being booked into the San Augustine County jail, a sheriff's office spokesman said Tuesday.

According to Chief Deputy Allen Cunningham, Sonya Sheffield was arrested Feb. 27 on an outstanding warrant in Anderson County on a charge of debit/credit card abuse.