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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Travis Loller

Records access sought in case of inmate who severed penis

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Tennessee judge on Friday promised to rule quickly on a request for public access to records that detail the treatment of a death row prisoner who cut off his penis while on suicide watch in October.

In a lawsuit filed in Chancery Court in Nashville, inmate Henry Hodges accused the state of providing inadequate medical and mental health care.

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