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| State officials ordered to hearing on mental health in prisons |
| By pantagraph.com- Edith Brady-Lunny |
| Published: 12/09/2014 |
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PEORIA — High-level decision makers in state government will be among those attending a March federal court hearing on Illinois Department of Corrections plans to improve mental health services in prisons. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mihm has ordered "the governor of the state of Illinois, the director of IDOC, the direction of human services and the director of Central Management Services" or their high-level representatives to attend a March 20 hearing to finalize a settlement in a 2007 lawsuit filed on behalf of mentally ill inmates. The mandate for state officials to appear in court follows two days of negotiations in November between lawyers for IDOC and inmates who allege that mental health treatment in state prisons is inadequate and far below constitutional standards. Read More. |
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