Police Commissioner Leslie James says that an investigation has been launched into the suicide by a rape accused while he was in police custody at the Whim Police Station lockups.
The man, accused of raping and impregnating a young relative, was found hanging from his cell bars on Sunday November 3rd 2019, having been arrested on Saturday November 2nd 2019.
The occurrence raises the question as to the effectiveness of the systems which the police and prisons use to treat with suicidal inmates, especially in light of past incidences of suicides by inmates.
