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| NYC Agrees To Provide Help For Mentally Ill Released From Prisons |
| By New York-WABC |
| Published: 01/13/2003 |
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Settling a class-action lawsuit, New York City has agreed to provide treatment to mentally ill prisoners upon their release from the city's jails. Under the terms of the agreement the city announced earlier this week it will provide mentally ill inmates with assistance and treatment to help them maintain psychiatric stability. For many years, Rikers Island jail released most mentally ill prisoners with just a $3 MetroCard and $1.50 in cash, the same as other prisoners get. A class action lawsuit was brought on behalf of seven mentally ill prisoners in August of 1999. A year later Justice Richard Braun of the State Supreme Court granted an injunction in the suit. Since then, the city has offered mentally ill people treatment upon their release from prisons. Justice Braun called the agreement 'excellent and very comprehensive,' according to The New York Times. 'New York City has developed a program unique in the country in its content and scope,' Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo told the Daily News in Tuesday editions. The agreement will now be submitted to members of the class for comment. A public hearing will then take place before Braun accepts the deal as final. |
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