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Pennsylvania prison suicides are at an all-time high. Families blame ‘reprehensible’ mental-health care.

The families of at least five suicide victims who died at Graterford state prison in 2017 and 2018 have filed lawsuits alleging that the deaths represent systemic failures.

One of the exercise yards at Graterford prison in Montgomery County is seen in a file photograph. The prison closed in 2018.
One of the exercise yards at Graterford prison in Montgomery County is seen in a file photograph. The prison closed in 2018.Read more