NATCHEZ — On Sunday night a male inmate had to be transferred from the Adams County Juvenile Justice Center to a local hospital after hanging himself in his cell.

Detention administrator Glenn Arnold said it was late Sunday night when a detention officer saw the inmate had hung himself with a bed sheet tied to a pipe in the ceiling.

The young man was immediately taken down and paramedics were called to transport the inmate to the hospital, Arnold said.

Arnold said the quick action of the detention officers kept the situation from getting worse. Arnold said the inmate was taken down before he lost consciousness.

Arnold said a second inmate then faked a suicide attempt in hopes of being taken outside the facility to chance an escape.

However Arnold said the second attempt was unsuccessful.

Both Arnold and Youth Court Judge John Hudson said while suicide attempts are not commonplace at the juvenile detention center, they are not unheard of.

In fact, Hudson said Sunday’s incident was the third case in several weeks when a male inmate attempted to harm himself.

Neither of the previous two attempts resulted in death.

Hudson said in most detention facilities it is not uncommon for inmates who have just learned of their sentences to attempt to harm themselves.

The inmates who commit such acts normally fall into two categories Hudson said.

“Some really do want to harm them selves,” he said.

Hudson said the second group is comprised of those who think their attempt will result in some way out of a correctional facility.