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Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Mentally Incompetent Maine Defendants Sent to South Carolina Wellpath Lockup Called “Essentially Prison” by Pre-trial detainees found not criminally responsible in Maine are being quietly transferred from the state’s Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta to Columbia Regional Care Center, a South Carolina psychiatric lockup owned by Wellpath, Inc. Wellpath has …
Other Jails Study Miami Diversion Program to Keep Mentally Ill from Repeated Incarceration by Faced with repeated jail admissions of people suffering from schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses (SMI), the city of Miami has developed one of the nation’s most comprehensive diversion programs, focusing on treatment and community integration …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
California Law Extends Involuntary Commitment and Detention to Substance Abusers by For years, California has struggled with a growing homeless population, reaching 171,000 in late 2023. Though that’s less than one-half of 1% of state residents, lawmakers responded with reforms to the state’s mental health system in SB 43, which …
The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges by A Mississippi Today article published on July 24, 2023, examined why the Magnolia State jails the mentally ill without charges for longer than any other state. As in every other state, Mississippians picked up by …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “This appeal arises from the tragic death of Antonio May,” began the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 7, 2023. As longtime PLN readers …
Nebraska Watchdog Calls Use of Force Against Mentally Ill Prisoner Excessive and Unnecessary by On May 2, 2023, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) released its investigation into a disturbance at Tecumseh State Correctional Facility nearly two years earlier, during which …
No Hearing Required for Emergency Dose of Antipsychotic Medication for Mississippi Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Mississippi prisoner’s claim that his due process rights were violated when a doctor dosed …
Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to the current and former …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On March 20, 2020, Alaska’s Supreme Court shut down a state prisoner’s argument that his diagnosis as a schizophrenic was incorrect because he claims he can actually see ghosts due to a genetic …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses “Dangerousness” Finding in Involuntary Commitment of Schizophrenic Man by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 24, 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the evidence to support a petitioner’s involuntary commitment was insufficient to support a conclusion the petitioner was “dangerous” under state law. …
Carter v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Excessive Force and Medical Negligence, 2020 GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS PART ONE - DEFINITIONS 1.1. The term, 11PLAINTIFF 11 , when used in this release, means each and every one of the following releasors: (1) Plaintiff HARLEY CARTER, and (2) …
Carter v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Order of Dismissal, Excessive Force and Medical Negligence, 2020 Case 2:19-cv-03840-JFW-JEM Document 56 Filed 01/27/20 Page 1 of 1 Page ID #:324 JS-6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL Case No. CV 19-3840-JFW(JEMx) Title: Harley Carter -v- …
Carter v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force and Medical Negligence, 2019 ase 2:19-cv-03840-JFW-JEM Document 1 Filed 05/02/19 5 Jeremy I. Lessem, Esq (SBN 213406) Jamal L. Tooson, Esq (SBN 261373) Lessem, N ewstat & Tooson, LLP 3450 Cahuenga Blvd W. Ste. 102 Los Angeles, CA 90068 Phone …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Mitigating Factors Counter Government’s Interest in Forced Psychotropic Medication by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on December 19, 2018 that the government could not involuntarily medicate a defendant where it lacked an interest to prosecute. A significant factor in the case was that the defendant had already served …
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Article • June 28, 2018
Doctors giving kids psychotropic drugs lost certification by Aura Bogado By Aura Bogado / Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting The psychiatrist who has been prescribing powerful psychotropic medications to immigrant children at a federally funded residential treatment center in Texas has practiced without board certification to treat children and adolescents for …
Cause of Action for Shaming Sex Therapy May Not Accrue Until after Release from Prison by On August 29, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held “it may be reasonable for an incarcerated individual who is told she must resurface past sexual trauma to overcome them to rely on …
From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and …
Henderson v. State, GA, Opinion, Medication Refusal, 2017 3/14/2018 HENDERSON v. THE STATE | FindLaw Not a Legal Professional? Visit our consumer site Register | Login CASES & CODES PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Forms FindLaw Caselaw Georgia GA Ct. App. JOBS & CAREERS NEWSLETTERS Lawyer Marketing Corporate Counsel BLOGS LAW TECHNOLOGY Law …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Kansas Supreme Court: Four Years of Pretrial Detention too Long by In December 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court ordered the release of a man who had been held in jail more than four years awaiting trial under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (KSVPA). The state’s high court held that …
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