Info One of the most powerful claims by defenders of the current mental health system is to say that the prison system has become, in effect, the new mental health system because so many people in prison have severe mental and emotional problems. The argument is that people deserve help not prisons. How can one…
Info Mental Patients Liberation Alliance based in New York State was one of the founding sponsor groups of the MindFreedom International “Support Coalition.” Here is their official position on mental health courts, which are special separate courts for people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders who have been accused of committing crimes. MENTAL PATIENTS LIBERATION ALLIANCE MENTAL…
Info Mike Heston was a member of MindFreedom who wrote many times to the MFI office saying he is a prisoner who is experiencing involuntary psychiatric drug injections in the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. MindFreedom issued a human rights alert on his behalf. Mr. Heston’s family has informed MindFreedom’s office that he…
Info The TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes exposed the torture and killing of a man with mental and emotional problems inside prison through hour upon hour of agonizing restraint. Timothy Souders, seen here in restraints. (CBS photo) [60 Minutes News Transcript] The Death Of Timothy Souders Scott Pelley 60 Minutes Feb. 11, 2007 (CBS) You wouldn’t…