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PAMII Requires Records Release in Connecticut Prisoners' Deaths
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 8
A Connecticut federal district court held that the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (Connecticut P&A), a state agency designated by Connecticut's Governor to provide protection and advocacy services to individuals with disabilities, including persons suffering from mental illness, is entitled to access to ...
Filed under:
Injunctions,
Disclosure of Records,
Federal Statutory Law,
PAMII Act,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides.
Location:
Connecticut.
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