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when the inmate is scheduled for execution, it would have the effect of "executing" the damages.
No doubt prisons are responsible for prisoner safety. But that doesn't mean they are liable for every suicide. In this case it looks like the man overdosed on prescription drugs. It is unclear where they came from. So I won't speculate on liability, but it isn't as open and shut as you think.
You are right that prisoners are constantly suing prisons. It is actually kind of joke in the system. Those actions are not taken particularly seriously, and the courts have been rolling back whatever rights those prisoners have had for years. It is also irrelevant to this case.
My point is, to win the plaintiffs would have to show a duty, breach of the duty, causation, and damages. What are the damages for a death row inmate scheduled to die the next day? ZERO. There is not a judge or jury in this country that would award the family any money.
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