EXCLUSIVE
War Machine tried to kill himself in his jail cell this week ... but his attempt was foiled by a corrections officer.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Tuesday morning around 9:30 an officer was walking War Machine's cell in Clark County Jail. The officer saw him sitting on the ground with his feet up on the bunk bed. When the officer called to him he was unresponsive.
The officer went into the cell and found he had tied a piece of linen around his neck and tied it to the leg of the bed. The officer cut the linen and removed it ... and we're told War Machine's breathing became less strained and he attempted to speak.
He's currently in a medical isolation cell on suicide watch.
