Spokane County Jail suicides

In the past 12 months, three men have died after hanging themselves with bedsheets in the Spokane County Jail. Their families believe warning signs were missed or not taken seriously enough.

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Wed., June 6, 2018

Chris Rogers, shown in this collage of family photos, died in January after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 24.

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Chris Rogers, shown with his nephew in this family photo, died in January after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 24.

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Corrine Rogers wipes a tear away as she and her husband, Steve Rogers, discuss the death of their son, Chris, during an interview on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Chris Rogers died in January after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 24.

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Brandon Ryans is shown as an adult and as a child in this photo shared by his family. Ryans died in June 2017 after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 41.

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Brandon Ryans strikes a pose in this photo taken from his Facebook page. Ryans died in June 2017 after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 41.

Brandon Ryans
Shannon Griffiths remembers her late brother, Patrick Flynn, with this heart-shaped stone bearing his thumbprint. Flynn died in May after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 36.

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Shannon Griffiths, left, and her mother, Darla Sawyers, discuss the death of their brother and son, Patrick Flynn, during an interview at Griffiths’ home in Spokane on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Flynn died in May after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 36.

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Darla Sawyers, left, discusses the death of her son, Patrick Flynn, during an interview at her daughter’s home in Spokane on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Flynn died in May after hanging himself with a bed sheet in the Spokane County Jail. He was 36.

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Patrick Flynn, shown in this family photo, was the third inmate to die by suicide in the Spokane County Jail in a period of a 12 months.

Courtesy Of Shannon Griffiths Sr