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Recent jail suicides prompt review

Published 07/29/08

Following two inmate suicides in the Jennifer Road detention center in just seven months, the superintendent of county jails plans to review how her staff screens inmates for suicidal tendencies.

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Both Tyrell Dominique Taylor, 31, of Glen Burnie, and Monteray Arkell Hastey, 37, of Annapolis, were deemed fit for general population before they hanged themselves inside intake cells.

"We want to make sure we are doing everything we can do," Superintendent Robin Harting said, explaining she will seek help from the National Institute of Corrections or the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives, Jail Suicide...

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