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Category Archives: prison-mental-health

Issue of prison and mental health

kb, prison-mental-healthBy flantascienceApril 1, 2008

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…

The Alliance Position Paper on Mental Health Courts

kb, prison-mental-healthBy flantascienceMarch 13, 2008

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…

USA federal prisoner commits suicide after forced psychiatric drugs

kb, prison-mental-healthBy flantascienceDecember 10, 2007

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…

60 Minutes: Death of psychiatric inmate in prison

kb, prison-mental-healthBy flantascienceFebruary 12, 2007

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…

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