Shield alert: And Steiner forced to endure assault at institution in Boston, MA, USA after reporting patient abuse and transgender discrimination
Update: March 21st, 2024 Latest News 1. Positive developments In response to a series of emails addressed to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) and their Adult Clinical Community Services (ACCS), in which And Steiner (pronouns: it/its) and its many advocates expressed concern about DMH’s plans to forcibly and prematurely discharge And…
Shield alert: Dawn Dziuba indefinitely institutionalized against will for over 9 years in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Update: 10/22/2023 Latest news Dawn continues to receive monthly injections of Abilify against her will. Sean Rapp, her court-appointed guardian and the public administrator of the city of St. Louis, has made no effort to challenge this violation of her rights. Missouri’s Protection and Advocacy for People with Mental Illness (PAIMI) agency has received numerous…
Anonymous disabled Black man in Lahaina, Hawaii, USA asks for Shield members’ help
“D” is a visionary, community organizer and coach, living in Lahaina, Maui. He is also a MindFreedom International member and a disabled Black trauma survivor. In 2016, he was catastrophically injured in a car accident involving an Uber driver. The accident severed his spine, and despite several reconstructive surgeries, he was left with chronic pain,…
Shield alert: Lar L. forcibly drugged and institutionalized in Southampton, UK
Lar L. is an enrolled Shield member who is being psychiatrically incarcerated. She wants to live independently in the community without the threat of being forcibly drugged. She has had horrible traumatizing past experiences of being over-medicated and sedated. Currently, she is in a restricted psychiatric facility called Antelope House and she is being subjected…
Shield Alert: Defend Strawberry Hampton against abuse at Logan Correctional Center in Illinois
Strawberry Hampton is a Black transgender woman incarcerated at Logan Correctional Center for “crimes of poverty.” She has faced severe retaliation from her jailers for filing PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) reports and standing up for both herself and other women. MFI volunteer Lily Naha has organized an emergency fundraiser to raise legal funds for…
Raise the Shield with People Power! Make a Donation Today and Help us Raise $10,000 to Sustain MFI’s Shield!
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…
Fundraising Drive for the Shield
Support the MFI Shield: Stop Human Rights Abuses in Psychiatry! We are now raising funds for our Shield Campaign. MindFreedom International’s Shield advocates for people who have been deprived of their rights by the mental health system. These are rights to make the basic choices that many of us take for granted. With your help,…
Shield Alert: Update on David Italiano
See our latest update 6/28/2022: Still no independence for David Italiano. Update 6/12/2022: Our allies at Pennsylvania ADAPT and Roads to Freedom recently held a major demonstration this past Wednesday, June 8, at the Pennsylvania State Capitol. A recording of a livestream from one activist is available on Facebook here. Update from 18 May 2022: Update…
MindFreedom In Conjunction with Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living Center is Turning Up the Heat for Shield of David Italiano, in Pennsylvania. Sign the Petition to Find and Free David Today!
Updated 5/18/2022 Update for David Italiano Though it has been several months since MindFreedom International (MFI) in conjunction with Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living (RTFCIL) issued a Shield update on behalf of David Italiano, we are not giving up – not by a long shot! See our Call To Action below. Work on…
Shield Member, Siddharta Fisher to be released from Western State Hospital! Thank you for your calls, emails, letters!
Updated January 5, 2022 Reintegrating at last!! MFI was informed that page was in need of an update! Siddhartha’s discharge and integration back into the community did not go as smoothly as we had hoped (due to discrimination against Sidd’s family members and lack of housing options for psychiatric survivors) but she is now safely…
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Shield Alert: Stop David Russell from being forcibly electroshocked
Review Hearing Now Scheduled for August 19th August 5, 2024. The review hearing is now scheduled for August 19th at 1:30 PM Central Time. We think the login information is Join Zoom (Mtg ID 161 324 7575) Passcode 246968 It is not unusual for court dates to get moved around. August 2, 2024 Update Latest…
Shield Alert: Juba Mahiou Discharged, but Still Subjected to Forced Drugging
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
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: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment!
Shield Alert: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment! Kedrick Tucker is a songwriter who has been in psychiatric detention since June 21. He has not been told why he is being held; he believes that it was because he published complaints of abuse by psychiatrists. He is currently at Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH), Battell Hall,…
Shield Alert: End the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa
Please put an end to the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa July 25, 2024. Annie Singer has posted a video on YouTube and TikTok to engage social media on behalf of Lisa. You can share these to support Lisa. July 23, 2024. After five years in Connecticut Valley Hospital, Lisa…
Shield Alert: Stop Jason Hewlett from being over-drugged!
Update: July 24, 2024 Jason also wants people to call his team leader, Lisa Florence, at 607-773-4677 to demand they stop harming him by increasing his clozapine dose against his will. Update: July 18, 2024 Latest news Jason Hewlett is on a 90-day psychiatric incarceration order at Greater Binghamton Health Center in Binghamton,…
Shield Alert: Stop the Forced Drugging of Donna Jeans
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!!
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.…
Shield Alert: William Mahler Freed from Psychiatric Imprisonment in Massachusetts
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
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…