An April 2 Metro item incorrectly said that inmate Alicia Edwards's suicide occurred in the mental health unit of the D.C. jail. Corrections officials later corrected their account to say Edwards was housed on the intake tier of the jail's female housing unit.
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DISTRICT JAIL
Mental Health Inmate Kills Self
A 32-year-old woman committed suicide while housed within the mental health unit of the D.C. jail, despite round-the-clock monitoring by clinical staff, a corrections spokeswoman said yesterday.
Alicia Edwards was found dead at 2:50 p.m. Saturday, eight minutes after the last routine inspection of her cell, said Beverly H. Young, spokeswoman for the D.C. Department of Corrections. The manner of death was not released.
Young said Edwards was monitored about four times an hour as an inmate of the mental health unit, where she had been placed after leaving Fairview Halfway House on March 9. She awaited trial on an undisclosed charge.
"Inspections in that area or that unit are done every 15 minutes on staggered times," Young said. "I want to emphasize that she was not on suicide watch."
Corrections staff administered CPR while awaiting the arrival of medical staff, who pronounced Edwards dead.
-- Daniel de Vise
