Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program

Federal Judge, Advocacy Groups Demand Change After Prison Suicides

One group is speaking out against Alabama’s prison problems. The Southern Poverty Law Center says immediate action needs to be taken to help prevent prisoner suicides. “Unfortunately, those individuals will never come back and their families will suffer forever,” Mitch McGuire says. McGuire represents families of several inmates who committed suicide in Alabama prisons. In fact, fifteen inmates committed suicide…