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On December 26, 2008, Armando Cruz was admitted to Mercy Hospital of Folsom following an attempted self-castration. He had “wrapped strips of sheets/shirts around base of scrotum and has been tightening them over the past three days because ‘I am on a mission,’” according to a Clinical Report by a physician who examined him. Cruz […]

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Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 2)

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 18, 2013

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Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 1)

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 17, 2013

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