jail suicides
"You never know how a person would feel when being locked up."
Alec Karakatsanis of Equal Justice Under Law explains how even a few days in jail can throw a life "into disarray."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Authorities say it was suicide, but that doesn't mean their hands are clean.
Studies by the US government have found over half of all jail and prison inmates have mental health issues, and suicide is the number one cause of death in local jails. HuffPost Front Page Editor Alana Horowitz joins Ahmed to discuss.