Yates Sent to Prison, Will Get Psychiatric Tests
Andrea Yates, found guilty last week of drowning her five children June 20, went to an East Texas prison to begin a life sentence that will keep her behind bars for a minimum of 40 years, state prison officials said.
Yates, held in the Harris County Jail in Houston since the killings, was to be evaluated at a psychiatric prison unit in Rusk, 115 miles southeast of Dallas, a Department of Criminal Justice spokesman said.
She will stay there for evaluation and treatment for at least 30 days, or until doctors believe she is fit enough to go to a regular prison, which could be years, officials said.
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