Grandma's House

If you are a guy, you might want to put on a cup before reading this, because you'll instinctively want to protect certain body parts:

A Monroe Correctional Complex prisoner with a history of mental illness was rushed to the hospital Thursday after his second attempt to cut off his penis.

The prisoner, 49, already had amputated much of his genitals several years ago, prison spokeswoman Cathy Kopoian said.

On Thursday the man apparently used a razor blade to cut off what remained.

Yikes! This is the part of the story that floored me:

Prisoners are permitted basic necessities, including razors, under state law, she said. Prison officials didn't consider the man at risk to harm himself.
The man was convicted July 1, 1977, for aggravated first-degree murder, Kopoian said. He's serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the special offenders unit, a part of the prison reserved for treating prisoners with mental health issues.

You know, that doesn't sound to me like he wasn't considered a threat. A convicted murderer in a mental health facility, and you give him a razor, knowing that in the past he had tried to make himself a soprano? Are you nuts? Do you need to be treated in the same facility?