Suicide is a leading cause of death among inmates. Can jails do more?

Before Sheriff Rocky Holcomb discussed the circumstances around the deaths of several inmates while they were in custody at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center, he insisted on playing a video. It showed staff wearing personal protective equipment tending to a 43-year-old inmate who was strapped to a restraint chair in the medical isolation unit and verbally sparring with staff. The man has been incarcerated inside Virginia Beach Correctional Center several times and has a goal of dying in a jail, according to Holcomb.