In a shocking incident, a Spanish prisoner chopped off his penis. He allegedly did so after his wife said no to a conjugal visit to the jail, on Christmas Eve.??
The incident of self-mutilation took place at the Puerto III prison in Puerto de Santa Maria, in south-west Spain, on Christmas Eve, after the prisoner was informed that his wife had refused a conjugal visit.
Conjugal visits are a period wherein a jail inmate is allowed to spend time in private with a visitor, for engaging in sexual activity. He was devastated after learning that his spouse has refused a conjugal visit to the jail. This prompted him to cut off his genitals,?Daily Star, a UK newspaper, reported.??
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He was found bleeding, by the prison staff, and rushed to the health centre of the jail for administering medical care. The medics saved his life, but it is not clear if they were able to reattach the amputated organ.
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It is not known why the man has been imprisoned, and he is suffering from psychiatric issues,?Daily Star,?citing local reports, stated.
This incident took place after another Spanish prisoner, in the month of September this year, chopped off his earlobes with a knife and swallowed them.
In May, a murder convict lodged in Gwalior Central Jail, Madhya Pradesh, cut off his penis with a sharpened spoon and offered it to Lord Shiva in the temple, on the prison premises.
Officials of the prison, after finding him in a pool of blood, took him to a government hospital, where medics performed a reconstruction surgery, but in vain.