Benjamin Wash was one of 51 inmates who killed themselves in Virginia jails over the past five years.
Benjamin Wash had a long history of drug addiction and had tried to kill himself at least once before he was booked into the Riverside Regional Jail in Virginia on Nov. 28, 2017. But somehow, he was able to hang himself with a bedsheet two days after he was detained.
The deaths have steadily increased since state psychiatric hospitals began closing in the 1970s, converting jails into makeshift mental health facilities. In recent years, lockups have also been inundated by opioid addicts, who research has shown may be more likely to attempt suicide. Jail officials say they do their best to evaluate inmates' suicide risk by interviewing them about any history of mental health issues, feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts. They say they also gather mental health records and reports from any previous incarcerations.
Undersheriff Marvin Waters Jr. said the facility has expanded the initial screening process for inmates since a new sheriff took over in early 2018. The jail now uses a 43-question medical and mental health assessment and a nurse screens inmates, he said. A new digital logging system makes it impossible for anyone to falsify the intervals at which inmates are checked, Waters said.
"They should have watched him closer. He wasn't in there but two days, and the next thing I know, two police officers and a chaplain are at my door telling me my son had hung himself in his jail cell," Wash said.
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