TUCSON - Authorities say a state prison inmate has died at a Tucson hospital less than a week after an apparent suicide attempt.
Arizona Department of Corrections officials say 17-year-old Jerry Kulp died Tuesday at University Medical Center after being taken off life support. They say Kulp's family authorized the withdrawal of care.
Kulp was transported to the hospital on May 5, just two days after he entered the prison system.
DOC officials say Kulp was sentenced out of Maricopa County and was serving 10 years for sexual assault. He was at the minors unit of the state prison complex in Tucson.