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I've got problems on the street. >> one week after what staff described as a suicide attempt, maricopa county inmate manuel martinez has undergone a psychological evaluation and has been transferred from a padded safe cell back to his own cell in the high-security unit. >> you were having a rough day that day, right? >> real rough. >> what was going on, your girl? >> yeah, just a lot of family problems. i was trying to get a call in and they weren't hearing me and i was just trying to basically let them know i was going through some things if i could talk to a counselor for a five-minute call....

Maricopa county inmate manuel martinez has undergone a psychological evaluation and has been transferred from a padded safe cell back to his own cell in the high-security unit. >> you were having a rough day that day, right? >> real rough. >> what was going on, your girl? >> yeah, just family problems. i was trying to get a call in and they weren't hearing me and i was just trying to basically let them know i was going through some things if i could talk to a counselor for a five-minute call. i don't even need five minutes, just a couple minutes. they weren't hearing me. >> martinez's anguish ...

It was just like that, he was down. >> it wasn't so much hanging as strangulation. it's hard for them to hang because there's no place for them to swing from. more or less they strangle themselves. >> martinez will be placed on suicide watch and moved to a padded safe cell where he will be held pending an evaluation from the jail's psychiatric staff. >> all the way up. face the far door. relax, all right. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> just relax, all right? relax. we've got you. >> just relax, martinez. >> staff suspect martinez's breakdown is due in part to problems with his fiance....

They don't understand. i've got problems on the street. >> one week after what staff described as a suicide attempt, maricopa county inmate manuel martinez has undergone a psychological evaluation and has been transferred from a padded safe cell back to his own cell in the high-security unit. >> you were having a rough day that day, right? >> real rough. >> what was going on, your girl? >> yeah, just family problems. i was trying to get a call in and they weren't hearing me and i was just trying to basically let them know i was going through some things if i could talk to a counselor for a fiv...

>> one week after what staff described as a suicide attempt, maricopa county inmate manuel martinez has undergone a psychological evaluation and has been transferred from a padded safe cell back to his own cell in the high-security unit. >> you were having a rough day that day, right? >> real rough. >> what was going on, your girl? >> yeah, just family problems. i was trying to get a call in and they weren't hearing me and i was just trying to basically let them know i was going through some things if i could talk to a counselor for a five-minute call. i don't even need five minutes, just a co...