The hanging death of an emotionally troubled teenager in a British jail has been called “appalling and tragic” by a prison oversight official investigating the incident.
According to findings reported by the Guardian, on the day of his death, Osvaldas Pagirys, 18, rang a distress bell in his segregation cell at the Wandsworth prison. When prison staff made their way to the teenager’s cell, 37 minutes had lapsed, and he was found hanging.
