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Tennessee death row inmate slices off penis after being placed on suicide watch for slitting wrists
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Henry Hodges, a man on Tennessee's death row, sliced off own penis with a razor over a disagreement with jail officials over a food package.
Hodges became upset and began smearing feces in his cell after prison officials refused to let him have a package he had ordered because he had clear conduct for only the previous five months, rather than the required six months, Henry said. A guard then decided to stop feeding him in order to get him to stop smearing feces, she said. On Oct. 7, Hodges slit his wrists with a razor he had in his cell, Henry said. Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
Hodges was taken to the hospital’s infirmary where he asked to be put on suicide watch. A "high-ranking correctional officer" told the person treating Hodges that he was manipulating them and could be put on suicide watch back in his cell, Henry said. He was taken back to his cell where there was broken glass from a window he had broken as well as other razors that he had hidden.