The man tried to hang himself in a holding pen in Manhattan Criminal Court after he was ordered held on a $15,000 cash bond in an assault case.
Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Jail Deaths Climb to 14 as Detainee Is Taken Off Life Support
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