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Inmate antics lead to injury
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An inmate who jumped from the jail’s second-floor balcony, injuring himself in the fall, has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment.The inmate, Joshua Judkins, appeared in court in a wheelchair this week to enter guilty pleas to domestic assault charges. He was directed to serve 44 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence by General Sessions Judge Bill Locke and was also ordered to undergo mental health treatment as part of his sentence.Judkins was being held on the domestic assault charges when he jumped from the second floor of the cellblock to the floor below. His impact with the unyielding concrete sent him to the hospital.