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Betty Head, whose son Billy Thornton, Jr., committed suicide in prison, is comforted by Jerri Ford, whose husband Paul Ford committed suicide in prison, as the Southern Poverty Law Center holds a press conference to update the status of their lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections, dealing with the medical and mental health needs of inmates, on the steps of the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday Feb. 8, 2019. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Betty Head, whose son Billy Thornton, Jr., committed suicide in prison, is comforted by Jerri Ford, whose husband Paul Ford committed suicide in prison, as the Southern Poverty Law Center holds a press conference to update the status of their lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections, dealing with the medical and mental health needs of inmates, on the steps of the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday Feb. 8, 2019. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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