Jose Armendariz is a journalist with Empowerment Avenue and a writer whose work has appeared in the Voice of OC, JURIST, and Chispa and whose experiences have been written about in La Opinion, Cal Matters, and LAist. You can find his art and writing on Instagram @voiceofchangeoc

Read Jose Armendariz's account of being incarcerated in Orange County jail, where suicides are rampant and treatment is sparse.