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Inmate hangs himself at state prison

WOODBOURNE – A prisoner committed suicide at the Woodbourne State Correctional Facility in Sullivan County early Friday, State Corrections spokesman Peter Cutler confirmed.

Jose Martinez, 39, was found hanging in his cell at 1:35 a.m.  He was serving a three year, four month sentence for second-degree assault and had been at Woodbourne since November 2010.