2/21/24. David just let us know he is back at the Intensive Residential Treatment Services facility. He was put on a 72-hour hold for blowing up and saying he was suicidal due to the guardian/conservator situation. 2/19/24. The Account Hearing only lasted for around 5 minutes and was about the Account that was for the…
Update: November 9, 2024 Kedrick’s treatment team is refusing to allow him to move up a level, which would give him more privileges. They claim this is because he sleeps too much, even though extreme lethargy is a side effect of the drugs he is being forced to take. Additionally, they still have not given…
August 2, 2024 Update Juba Mahiou, a young immigrant to Quebec, was detained for over six months at the Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Laval (CISSS Laval) after a dispute with his family. Dr. Ali Jaber recieved court approval to forcibly drug Juba there, even as the judge acknowledged in his…
August 2, 2024 Update Jill Kesti, a human rights activist in northern Michigan and founder of the Coalition to Stop Forced Drugging, is likewise facing home invasions by the Copper County Community Mental Health group (CCCMH). It has been a bit difficult to get timely info out about what Jill needs – in part because, fortunately, she was…
Please put an end to the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa September 10, 2024. Lisa reports that at her latest hearing (last week), the judge declared that Lisa would not be eligible to have another hearing until next year. It is not known at this writing if the hearing that…
Update: Correction to E-mail Address July 12, 2022. The e-mail address we sent out earlier is incorrect. It is missing a period. The correct address is practice3.bridlington@nhs.net. We profusely apologize for our mistake. If you previously sent an e-mail to the wrong address we would be grateful if you could resend it to the correct address. STOP THE…
We Won! May 29, 2024. It is a perhaps a stretch to say we won, but William was ordered freed after the hearing at which at least 15 MindFreedom Shield supporters of William attended by Zoom. Unlike most lawyers in these cases, starkly demonstrated by the ones before William’s, Tamara Barney did a terrific job…
Update: Revised Bill Passes April 8, 2024. The amended bill passed both the House and the Senate on April 3rd and the Governor signed it on April 8th. It is set to go into effect July 1st. Update: Not Dead Yet? March 28, 2024. There was a series of procedural moves resulting in an amendment…
Help Us Raise the Shield with People Power! MFI has launched a campaign to support the Shield, one of MFI’s signature programs. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to keep the Shield in operation until we can find a way of permanently endowing/sustaining it through people power. Without your help, we will not be able…
Update 6/27/2022 Independence Day is in a few days, but where is independence for David Italiano and thousands of other people who are institutionalized against their will? For those of you who are new, you can find more information about the Shield HERE or read up on all of the direct actions taken to find…
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