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Virginia Prison Drives Women to Depression and Suicide

Loaded on July 15, 2004 by Gary Hunter published in Prison Legal News July, 2004, page 10
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Suicides. Location: Virginia.
Overwhelming depression drove Shawana West to hang herself when she learned that she was being placed in the Structured Living Unit (SLU) at Virginia's Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. While the attempt was unsuccessful it did not fail to make a statement.

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