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Posted: March 13, 2008

Female Inmate Found Dead

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Rocky Mount, N.C. — The North Carolina Dept. of Corrections announced the death of inmate Amber Gilley Thursday.

Gilley, 31, was found hanging in a shower Tuesday evening, the victim of an apparent suicide.

Gilley was serving a six-to-eight month sentence for drug possession with intent to sell. She also had misdemeanor convictions for driving while impaired and injury to personal property. All convictions were in Surry County.

The Edgecombe County Sheriff's Department investigating her death.

RELATED TOPICS: Edgecombe County, Surry County

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churchgirl2, you are so very right. Alot of people in jail are very sick {mentally} indeed. This leads to self-medicating and thus jail. We have a system that is not working.
Click to view my profile lovecarolinagutters
March 13, 2008 5:43 p.m.
You should se what goes on behind those prison walls, things you cant live with, for some people especially if your the victum.
Click to view my profile Mustange
March 13, 2008 5:28 p.m.
C'mon JAT, you have to know what I am saying. She obviously needed help and didn't get it...she got (depressing) jail instead and then, yes, she decided to end her life. It's tragic and, I think, avoidable.
Click to view my profile fl2nc2ca2md2nc
March 13, 2008 4:14 p.m.
This story does seem odd, 6-8 months would have rolled around in no time. She may have had the chance to be released early for good behavior however, that's easier said than done.
Click to view my profile 007KnightRider
March 13, 2008 3:13 p.m.
NWD - of course you can have both, but having one doesn't mean you have a built-in excuse to break the law.

fl - no, she got a 6-8 month sentence for petty crimes. SHE chose to kill herself. No one else but her.
Click to view my profile JAT
March 13, 2008 3:12 p.m.
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