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| Judge Approves Mental Health Settlement |
| By Newsday.com |
| Published: 10/03/2005 |
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A Hartford, Conn. federal judge has approved the settlement of a 2003 lawsuit involving the treatment of mentally ill state prison inmates. The settlement sets guidelines for treatment of seriously mentally ill offenders at the state's super-maximum-security prison in Somers and Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny signed off on the agreement last week, more than two years after the state Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities sued the correction department. The agreement clears the way for periodic reviews of whether the terms of the agreement are being met. The lawsuit claimed that seriously mentally ill prisoners at Garner and Northern Correctional Institution, the state's supermax, were not adequately treated. James McGaughey, executive director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy, said his agency remains concerned with the number of seriously mentally ill inmates the correction department has returned to Northern from Garner. The approval of the agreement follows last year's consolidation of mental health services for severely mentally ill offenders at Garner. |
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