prisoner suicides

Prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. in June 2015. On Saturday, a U.S. District Court Judge determined the state's Department of Corrections had not adequately addressed a spike in prisoner suicides.

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Judge Rules 'Systematic Inadequacies' Fueled Alabama Prison Suicides, Orders Monitor

8:59pm May 06, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The current prison system fails to protect inmates from killing themselves, a federal court ruled. The decision comes after 15 state inmates died by suicide in 15 months.

A fence stands at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., seen in 2015. A federal judge ruled that mental health care for inmates is "horrendously inadequate."

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After Inmate Suicides, Alabama Prisons On Trial

8:12pm March 28, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A federal judge already has ruled that mental health care for inmates in Alabama's prisons is "horrendously inadequate." Now he's looking at the system's response to 15 suicides in the past 15 months.