Disability Rights Connecticut v Connecticut Department of Correction, CT, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-00146 Document 1 Filed 02/04/21 Page 1 of 60 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT DISABILITY RIGHTS CONNECTICUT, INC., on behalf of its constituents, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-_________ v. CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; COMPLAINT …

PI Orders Inspection of Iowa Juvenile Mental Facility and Records by An Iowa federal district court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Gerard Treatment Program, a children's psychiatric medical institution in Mason City, to allow Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services, Inc. (IPAS) to have access to the facility and its …

PI Granted to Disclose Records Under PAMII by The plaintiff, an organization with authority under Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals ("PAMII") (a/k/a PAIMI), has the authority to investigate incidents of abuse and neglect and to have access to the records and facilities of publicly and privately run institutions, …

Missouri Mental Health Records Must Be Disclosed by The Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services (MOPAS) requested medical peer review reports from Missouri Department of Mental Health Director Dorn Schuffman following a patient's death. Missouri law rendered the report confidential, but the federal Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act …

WI Mental Health Records Ordered Disclosed by The plaintiff, a Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) organization, sought records from a private mental health facility about two patients who choked to death on food. The facility didn't want to produce them. Notwithstanding defendants' claim that the question …

Vermont DOC Agrees To Stop Punishing Self-Harming Prisoners by Michael Rigby On May 18, 2006, the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to stop punishing prisoners who harm themselves. The VDOC further agreed to implement training, retain consultants, and document the mental health assessments of …

PAMII Requires Records Release in Connecticut Prisoners' Deaths by 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 …

Mentally Incapacitated Oregon Pretrial Detainees Denied Due Process by Mentally Incapacitated Oregon Pretrial Detainees Denied Due Process The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that under Oregon law, state mental hospitals have a duty to accept mentally incapacitated criminal defendants for evaluation and treatment, once certified as mentally incapacitated by …

PAMII Act Requires Release of Mental Health Records by A federal district court in Louisiana has held that federal law requires prison officials to release a prisoner's mental health records for investigation of claims of mistreatment. Prisoner William Ford sent a letter to the Advocacy Center complaining that he has …