Ryan Rust
Ryan Rust was a man whose family's attorney, Mitch McGuire, said he was a human being with a real name, a real family and dreams of life after prison. He died by suicide inside an Alabama state prison, his family says, and he is one of four men whose deaths in 2018 and 2019 are the subject of a lawsuit against Alabama prison officials. The families, through their attorney, allege that failures in mental health care contributed to these deaths, including his.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). Ryan Rust's family, through attorney Mitch McGuire in a lawsuit, says he died by suicide inside an Alabama state prison and that mental health care failures contributed to his death.
Reported by: Families, through attorney Mitch McGuire in a lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Alabama prison officials over his suicide inside a state prison in 2018 or 2019, alleging that mental health care failures contributed to his death.