In prisons and jails, a person’s care is entirely in the hands of the institution. When someone dies in custody, the public ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Fernando Clark spent the last 10 months of his life in a jail cell, waiting for psychiatric treatment a court ordered he undergo after he’d been arrested for stealing ...
The suit's allegations echo a 2023 investigation by The Star that found hundreds of individuals with mental health issues were stuck in jail.