Advertisement Continue reading the main storyA support network member said Thursday that Ms. Manning had been informed by the Army that it would hold another disciplinary hearing on the second attempted suicide and that she possibly faced new punishment. In her four-page statement, Ms. Manning said she tried to kill herself on the first night of her week in solitary detention, which she was given no warning was about to begin. These attackers tried to induce Ms. Manning to escape, she said in her statement. Since her suicide attempt in October, Ms. Manning, 28, has been released from the special observation unit and returned to the general inmate population, and can again receive mail and make phone calls. After her conviction, she announced that she wanted to be known as Chelsea Manning and referred to by female pronouns.

Source: New York Times November 04, 2016 19:59 UTC