Jail Suicide Attempt

March 23, 2025
(608)264-6155
Sheriff's Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          NEWS

                                           RELEASE

Contact:          Lt. Jessamy F. Torres

Phone:             (608) 284-6155

 

 

Deputies Intervene On Suicide Attempt

 

Madison, WI.  March 23, 2025 – Deputies in the Dane County Jail acted quickly this morning to intervene on a resident suicide attempt in the Dane County Jail.

 

At approximately 8:30 am, Deputies responded to a cellblock on the sixth floor of the City-County Building jail after a 42-year-old man had placed a ligature around his neck and his cell bars in an attempt of self-harm. Deputies quickly responded to the cellblock and where able to remove the ligature and get him the needed medical care. The man did not appear to have significant injuries, but was transported to a local hospital as a precaution. 

 

 

 

###