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Parole Revoked for Refusing Medication
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2002, page 20
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that parole can be revoked if the parolee refuses medication as part of an agreed mental health treatment plan.
Filed under:
Parole,
Habeas Corpus,
Mental Health,
Involuntary Treatment/Drugging.
Location:
South Dakota.
Randy Closs, who has a long-term diagnosis of schizophrenia, was granted conditional parole from the South Dakota State Penitentiary. As part of his ...
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