District Court, M.D. Alabama January 2, 2019, CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHT (Braggs v. Dunn)

Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

*1269In June 2017, this court found that the Alabama prison system's "persistent and severe shortages of mental-health staff and correctional staff" are a significant factor causing the State to provide constitutionally inadequate mental-health care to prisoners. See Braggs v. Dunn , 257 F. Supp. 3d 1171, 1267-68 (M.D. Ala. 2017) (Thompson, J.).