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
