By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

At around 9:54 a.m. Tuesday, staff at the Ellis County jail responded to a suicide attempt by an unidentified inmate at the jail.

He was in a holding area after appearing in court, according to Ellis County Sheriff Ed Harbin.

The area where the subject was located was bare except for seating.

“There was nothing in there except some plastic chairs to sit on,” he said.

Harbin said the subject pulled off a sock and wrapped it around his neck, according to Harbin.

He then proceeded to put the sock between the plastic bench and wall and put his weight to push the bench against the wall.

“Jail staff became aware of (the situation), EMS was called and he was transferred to the hospital,” Harbin said.

He was later transferred to a hospital in Wichita and was alert and awake Wednesday and is receiving treatment.

Because the situation involved a health situation, no further information is being released at this time.

The incident follows a suicide at the jail early last month where an inmate hanged himself in his cell.