WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning, serving 35-year sentence in the Texas prison for disclosure of state secrets, attempted suicide for a second time last month.

According to lawyers, prison conditions contributed to her fragile mental state, BBC reported.

Chelsea already attempted suicide in July. This was the reason for her transfer to a private cell. In addition, there was a disciplinary punishment for possession of banned literature: earlier prisoners found Gabriella Coleman's book “Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy” devoted to the movement of Internet activists.

Chelsea Manning who was known as Bradley Manning has been in prison since 2013.

In 2014, the court granted the request of Manning to change his name into female name Chelsea, and in 2015 the soldier-transgender was allowed to undergo hormone therapy.