This Didn’t Have to Happen
A woman gets picked up for shoplifting in Edison, NJ, and taken to jail. She’s 30. Things are not looking good. She’s from Somerset, NJ–not exactly a den of iniquity. Who knows what’s going on in her life? The end of this story should not be that she dies, in a jail, of suicide. This is the second inmate suicide at the Middlesex County Jail in recent memory. Their website says:
Middlesex County has a long history of national leadership in jail operations. In 1917, when the jail opened in New Brunswick, Middlesex pioneered a number of architectural innovations.
In 1978, the Board of Freeholders combined the jail and the workhouse into a unified Department of Corrections. A modern facility was constructed in North Brunswick and the old buildings were closed. Since opening in 1984, the Adult Correction Center has been recognized as a leader in Direct Supervision Jail Management. Through the years, jail leaders from all around the country (and even overseas) have visited Middlesex County.
In 2005, the Middlesex County Department of Corrections processed over 12,000 inmate commitments. The average daily population of the facility totaled 1,182.
The Department of Corrections is composed of 292 employees, administrators, correction officers, supervisors and support staff.
Well, isn’t that nice. I’d ask Warden Edmond C. Cicchi, the Director of the Department of Corrections, what happened here. According to the website, “He is responsible to ensure the highest degree of protection for the citizens of Middlesex County and to ensure the safety of the staff through the secure confinement of inmates committed to the Middlesex County Department of Corrections.”
That doesn’t mention anything about the safety of inmates nor the safety of citizens from other counties. Was that why she wasn’t monitored appropriately?
Franklin Township woman commits suicide in Middlesex County jail, authorities say
liz | 8:41 AM | criminal justice system
Detention centers, Correction facilities, or what other names we call Jails; none are pleasant places and they were never designed to help those inside.
this is disturbing. I also wrote an article about a man going through a bipolar episode that was killed by a cop via taser. It was in Utah.
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-14054-SF-Mental-Health-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Bipolar-man-tasered-by-police-dies
Oh Paul Bright….’going through a bipolar episode huh? sounds real scientific, real medical, actually, it sounds like a load of BS, shrinks slapped a label on this man with no biological test, drugged him up, we was taking more drugs when he pulled over, and you blame this on ‘nature’? I’d say there is more evidence that this confused state was man made, wouldn’t you?
And to Liz Spikol, who thinks ‘we should have done more’ to stop this woman ending her life in jail, I disagree. In fact, whatever meddling Liz is calling for in others’ lives, no matter what the circumstances, I’m sure glad if I can not be on the recieving end of said meddling. Because you know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions…. your ‘assistance’ and ‘help’ may help one, destroy another, and I don’t you or anyone else playing russian roullette with my life and human rights.
Regarding the suicde at m.c.a.c.c,i can only say after i served 2 and a half yrs at this facility on charges which i was aquitted of,cicchi is the biggest piece of shit in this county,he relies on his team of assholes in the internal affairs dept,to cover his ass,like ”crandall who covers everything up even when it proves a mans innocence,i shit on the bitches who birthed these pieces of shit! under the u.s. const.im entitled to my fuckin opinion!
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