Alabama has vowed to improve psychiatric care for men accused of crimes. They are still waiting for years

Alabama has vowed to improve psychiatric care for men accused of crimes. They are still waiting for years

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Fernando Clark has spent the last 10 months of his life in a jail cell awaiting court-ordered psychiatric treatment after he was arrested for stealing cigarettes and fruit from a gas station. He died while waiting for treatment that never came, found unresponsive in his prison cell. Clark was just one … Read more