Malta: Prisoner hospitalised after suicide attempt, government appoints inquiry board

The government has appointed a board to look into the correctional services’ internal procedures after a 30-year-old prisoner attempted suicide at the prisons on Sunday afternoon.

The inmate, a Maltese national, was found in his cell at 5.05pm. He was assisted by the facility’s doctors and nurses and then transferred to Mater Dei Hospital in critical condition.

Source Times of Malta

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