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Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News December, 2004, page 6
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Guard Unions. Location: Oregon.
On April 29, 2002, the tormented life of 45-year-old Oregon prisoner William Owens came to a tragic end in the Disciplinary Segregation Unit (DSU) of the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI). His death exposed numerous problems with the treatment afforded mentally ill prisoners in Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) facilities, ...

 

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  2. Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons, by Mark Wilson
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