Matthew Blake Holmes
Matthew Blake Holmes was raised by his mother along with his three brothers, earned an electrical technology degree at Calhoun Community College, made the Dean's List, and was looking ahead to a parole hearing the following year. He was 28 when he died on the night of February 14, 2019, at Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest. The Department of Corrections ruled his death a suicide; he was reportedly in a segregation cell after being taken off suicide watch. His mother said he had been begging for help and that the prison told her very little, and his death came as lawyers were warning of a suicide crisis in Alabama's prisons.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Alabama Department of Corrections ruled it a suicide, and his mother says the prison told her little and that he had been begging for help.
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); his mother.