If ruled a suicide, the death marks the eighth inmate to take his or her own life behind bars in Arkansas state prisons this year.
Varner SuperMax
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Two more inmates die at Varner Supermax in apparent drug cases; other inmates treated
Two more inmates died this morning at the Varner Supermax prison unit, the fourth and fifth deaths since Sunday as a result of suspected drug use. A prison official also confirmed about a dozen inmates had been treated earlier in the week for drug reactions, though none required hospitalization.