Mentally ill people are stuck in jail because they can’t get treatment. Here’s what’s to know
- Posted on November 12, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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Mentally ill people are stuck in jail because they can’t get treatment. Here’s what’s to know

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