Inmate’s Hanging Is a Suspected Suicide
An inmate at the California Institute for Men was found hanging in his cell Sunday afternoon, and his death is being investigated as an apparent suicide, state officials said.
Officials believe that Larry Bryan Dunbar, 44, took his life while officers and other inmates were in the prison yard. Dunbar was taken to the prison’s emergency room but was pronounced dead upon arrival, Warden Michael Poulos said.
Dunbar entered the California Department of Corrections system in late April for assault and driving under the influence. On June 13, he was transferred to the minimum security California Rehabilitation Center in Norco. By June 29, Dunbar was sent to the more restricted Institute for Men for “disciplinary reasons,” Poulos said.
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