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$9,500 Award for Involuntary Psychotropic Drugging Affirmed
Loaded on April 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1998, page 7
$9,500 Award for Involuntary Psychotropic Drugging Affirmed
Filed under:
Damages,
Qualified Immunity,
Mental Health,
Involuntary Treatment/Drugging.
Location:
Arkansas.
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit affirmed an award of $9,500 in damages to an Arkansas state prisoner who was forcibly drugged with anti-psychotic medications without due process. The court also held that the defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity ...
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