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 .
Declining enrollment and poor completion rates raise concerns that underserved students and communities could be left behind. Gregory Haile, the president of Broward College, sees a way forward.
The woman who pulled a gun to save a parking space at Fort Lauderdale beach withdrew her claim of self-defense Monday, accepting a sentence that will keep her out of jail as long as she stays out of trouble.