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Shield Alert Update: The forced shocking of Brian Henley has been suspended! Hold off writing letters for now!

By Sarah Smith | June 19, 2021

Update on 7/27/2021 Here is a recording of a voicemail left by Brian on the phone of Michele Diamond, when Brian learned that his Shield alert was successful and that he would be discharged   MFI has confirmed that Brian was discharged. You can listen to Update on 7/14/21. Great news! The forced shocking of…

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Shield: What It Is and Its Potential to Empower Us

By Sarah Smith | May 18, 2021

Judi’s Room – An Educational Series hosted by MindFreedom International in Collaboration with “I Love You, Lead On!” Wednesday, May 26, 2021 6:00 PM ET 5:00 CT 4:00 MT 3:00 PT Pre-registration is required In the spirit of Judi Chamberlin, our Fifth educational series offers a free, online presentation and discussion which continues the monthly…

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Jill Kesti taken by force from her home in Ontonogan County, MI and forcibly drugged

By Sarah Smith | May 7, 2021

This alert was originally posted on May 7th 2021. It was later updated on June 21st and 29th 2021. Please help Shield member Jill Kesti obtain immediate release from Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Facility by calling or writing to the psychiatrist who aims to put her on a long-term injectable anti-psychotic drug, which Jill…

Alert Update: Forced Shock Torture of Charles Helmer Suspended Due to Your Actions. Now help him move to a less restricted living situation of his own choosing: Attend his upcoming Hearing

By Sarah Smith | March 22, 2021

  Shield Alert Update for Charles Helmer Update 8/25/21 For those of you who took action on behalf of Charles helping to get his forced shock treatment to end, thank you! He is has still been living in a group home, however and he prefers to live at home with family. To help him get…

Thank You for Your Help to Protect Shield Member Adrianne Stacey from Psychiatric Abuse; Held Against Her Will at Cowichan District Hospital in British Columbia and Forcibly Drugged

By Sarah Smith | January 29, 2021

Shield Alert for Adrianne Stacey   This alert was originally posted on 1/29/2021. This alert was updated on 2/9/2021 and again on 3/12/2021 and 3/18/2021. 3/18/21 Great news! Adrianne Stacey has been discharged from Cowichan Hospital in British Columbia! Thank you to those of you who wrote letters, sent emails, and made phone calls on…

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MFI Informs National Council for Independent Living About the Need for Informed Consent and Supported Decision Making in Congregate Living Facilities. Read Full Letter HERE

By Sarah Smith | January 28, 2021

Shield and Intersectional Rights Protection An Update from the NCIL Mental Health Subcommittee  Successful comics can be particularly good at recognizing what hovers below the illusions that most of us accept as unchallenged reality. The late George Carlin exposes one of the myths that many of us accept. He riffs that it is comforting to…

Shield Alert: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment!

By Jim Gottstein | July 26, 2024

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

By Jim Gottstein | July 25, 2024

July 25, 2024 Update Latest news While Jill Kesti has been sprung from psychiatric imprisonment, she is still being subjected to forced drugging in the community, and posted the following on X (Twitter): Thank you for helping me to get freed! I appreciate your efforts! The MindFreedom Shield program helped me obtain release. Thank you…

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 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!

By Jim Gottstein | July 18, 2024

Stop Jason Hewlett from being over-drugged! July 24, 2024 Update.  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. July 18, 20204.  Jason Hewlett is on a 90-day psychiatric incarceration order at Greater Binghamton Health Center in Binghamton,…

Shield Alert: Stop David Russell from being forcibly electroshocked

By Jim Gottstein | July 14, 2024

July 24, 2024 Update David was discharged from the Mayo Clinic Psychiatric Prison today to a somewhat less restrictive IRTS (Intensive Residential Treatment Services) and we have not been able to regain contact with him yet. He is supposed to have access to his cell phone there, but didn’t know if the guardian paid his…

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

By Jim Gottstein | July 14, 2024

Juba Discharged, but Still Subject to Forced Drugging July 15, 2024. Juba has been freed from the CISSS de Laval institution in Quebec!  It is unknown to what extent the MindFreedom Shield Alert might have resulted in freeing Juba, but he was locked up for five or six months before his Alert went out and…

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…