In an Alabama Jail, People Withdraw in the "Drunk Tank’' Without Medical Aid
Date:  07-26-2023

Sources inside the system say that more than half of the people placed on the Alabama Department of Mental Health's waiting list for residential substance abuse treatment either die, drop off the list, or end up incarcerated,
From CNN:

Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went “deeply downhill.”

After dropping out of high school, she gave birth at age 19 to a son she named Preston. Six weeks later, Dunn said, he died of sudden infant death syndrome.

“From then on, I went into this, like, PTSD, depression,” said Dunn, now 28. Continue reading >>>