Let the county jails do it. What a disgrace.
"Juvenal Hernandez Flores died on Christmas Day.
He hanged himself by his pants in the Pinellas County Jail. He was being held on $513 bail for failing to appear in court on a charge of driving without a valid license.
How a man with mental problems ended up in jail on a minor charge is a stark reflection of a new reality.
'Jails are not hospitals, and they were not designed to be hospitals,' said Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender Bob Dillinger. But, 'They are now the largest mental health facilities in every county in the state.'"
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