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AP sources: Staffing hampered response to prison suicide

by Michael BalsamoMichael R. Sisak
| May 28, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The radios crackled with a frantic call for backup at a federal prison in California: An inmate was found hanging in his cell. Help was needed immediately.

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