Suspected suicide at Tower Street correctional centre
Published:Monday | March 23, 2020 | 2:38 PM
The police are reporting that 34-year-old Oshane Smith, an inmate at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston, is believed to have committed suicide.
The police say during a routine cell check about 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, officers observed Smith’s body hanging by a piece of rope made from twisted cloth and tied to a window.
He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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