Man kills himself at Santa Rita Jail in 1st suicide of year

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A man has killed himself at Santa Rita Jail, the first suicide of 2023 – and the 62nd death at this facility since 2014.

Stephen Lofton, 38, hanged himself Tuesday at 8 p.m., according to Alameda County Sheriff's Lt. Tya Modeste. A source said he was living in Housing Unit 6.

Deputies found Lofton with a "ligature constructed from a jail-issued bedsheet about his neck and tied to the top bunk" as they were distributing medicine, Modeste said.Nurses and fire paramedics tried to save him, to no avail.

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