Broward Public Defender Gordon Weekes is demanding changes at the Broward Main Jail after two recent inmate deaths tied to mental illness. Alvin Stephen Modeste, 43, hanged himself in his cell at the North Broward Jail in Pompano Beach on Dec. 26, less than a month after a Broward judge ordered him to receive evaluation under the state’s Baker Act. Modeste was scheduled to be evaluated to .
NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE, (WSVN) Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at a Broward County jail, the second such death in a county<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/public-defender-inmate-killed-himself-while-in-custody-at-north-broward-jail/">Read More</a>