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An inmate in the Martinez Detention Facility was placed in intensive care Thursday after apparently attempting suicide, a sheriff's spokesman said.
The 21-year-old Pleasanton resident was found unresponsive in his cell at 2:54 p.m., sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.
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He was taken to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. Lee did not disclose the name of the inmate or why he was in jail.
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