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| Changing How PA Department Of Corrections Deals With Mentally Ill Inmates |
| By philadelphia.cbslocal.com- Cherri Gregg |
| Published: 01/07/2015 |
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections signed a settlement agreement this week that changes the way the agency treats inmates with serious mental illness. According to the federal lawsuit filed in 2013, many seriously mentally ill inmates in Pennsylvania’s state prisons were kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, sometimes for months or even years with little access to the medical help necessary to stabilize their mental condition. “Many people were in such bad shape they would harm themselves and commit suicide,” says Bob Meek, Managing Attorney at the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania. The group sued the Pa DOC alleging constitutional civil rights violations after an extensive investigation discovered the practices. Read More. |
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