Shield Alert: Free Joan Aufderheide from unlawful incarceration at an all-male forensic ward at Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center

By Sarah Smith | October 10, 2024

Shield Alert for Joan Aufderheide in Farmington, Missouri, USA   Overview Joan Aufderheide is an elderly person with disabilities and the only woman at a 22-person forensic ward at Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center (SMMHC) in Farmington, Missouri, where she has been forcibly incarcerated for the past two years and counting. Her therapist, licensed psychologist…

Shield Alert: Stop David Russell from being forcibly electroshocked

By Jim Gottstein | October 10, 2024

Update:  October 10, 2024 David has been told they are not going to electroshock him any more, which he attributes to all of the pressure people have put on as a result of his MindFreedom Shield Alert. David wants everyone to know how grateful he is for all the support he has gotten.  Now, he…

Shield Alert: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment

By Jim Gottstein | September 23, 2024

Update: October 7, 2024 Two months after we published his alert, Kedrick Tucker is still imprisoned at Connecticut Valley Hospital. He submitted a petition for release, but it was denied. He is suffering from eye pain due to the excessively bright lighting as well as stomach issues due to not receiving adequate food. Please continue…

Shield Alert: Juba Mahiou Discharged, but Still Subjected to Forced Drugging

By Jim Gottstein | August 2, 2024

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…

Shield Alert: Stop the forced drugging of Jill Kesti in her own home

By Jim Gottstein | August 2, 2024

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…

Shield Alert: End the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa

By Jim Gottstein | July 23, 2024

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…

Shield Alert: Stop the Forced Drugging of Donna Jeans

By Jim Gottstein | July 11, 2024

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…

Shield Alert: Marcela Freed!!

By Jim Gottstein | July 2, 2024

Marcela Freed!! Marcela was freed just a few hours after we started putting pressure on them!  She believes it got her freed.  Thank you to everyone who supported Marcela!! Free Marcela Musgrove from psychiatric imprisonment in South Carolina! Marcela Musgrove is being held against her will at Lighthouse Behavioral Health Hospital in Conway, South Carolina.…

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Shield Alert: William Mahler Freed from Psychiatric Imprisonment in Massachusetts

By Jim Gottstein | April 28, 2024

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…

Harmful legislation alert: Oppose Idaho bill allowing 12-year-olds to be electroshocked

By Jim Gottstein | March 25, 2024

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…