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
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
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…
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
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…
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Free Nikki Pons
FREE NIKKI PONS FROM LOCKUP IN MINNESOTA Nikki Pons is psychiatrically imprisoned and being forcibly drugged at Community Behavioral Health Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. According to Nikki, she was homeless in Fergus Falls and got into an altercation with a gang member who was trying to traffic her. The police intervened and she ended…
Updated: 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 Update – November 24, 2025: The public defender has still not returned Dr. Tasch’s calls. Please call Lisa’s public defender – William Mastrogiovanni – and ask him to communicate with Dr. Tasch so he can move forward with the…
Adam Bruckshaw Shield Alert
HELP FREE ADAM BRUCKSHAW-LOVAINE FROM PSYCHIATRIC INCARCERATION AND FORCED DRUGGING IN ROCHDALE, ENGLAND UPDATE – November 24, 2025: Adam sent the following message today: “Its been a rough ride. I’m surviving. As always, I appreciate your support.” Adam Bruckshaw-Iovaine (formerly known as Adam David Nugent) is currently being psychiatrically detained at Birch Hill Hospital in…
Shield Alert: Free Chris Bertonlino
Update, November 3, 2025: Mr. Bertonlino lost his court hearing. He continues to be psychiatrically confined at Community Bridges, Inc., and forcibly drugged. Please help Mr. Christopher Bertonlino by (1) contacting the key individuals at Community Bridges, Inc., responsible for his psychiatric incarceration and forced drugging and (2) attending his hearing on October 27 at…
Help Alicia Pointon Escape Psychiatric Imprisonment and Forced Drugging in the UK
Help Alicia Pointon Escape Psychiatric Imprisonment and Forced Drugging in the UK Update – November 22, 2025: Alicia is still locked up at Priory Hospital in Norwich, England. She has a hearing coming up which we may be able to attend. We’ll keep you posted. Alicia Pointon is locked up at Priory Hospital in Norwich,…
Shield Update: Shona Taunton Freed!
SHONA TAUNTON IS FREE, SAFE AT HOME 8/17/25 Shona Taunton has let us know she has been released from the hospital and is safe at home. She attributes her freedom partially to our effort on her behalf and is thankful for our support. Thanks so much to all of you who took the time and…
Shield alert: Dawn Dziuba released after over 10 years in St. Louis, Missouri, USA!
Update: 7/3/2025 About a year ago, Dawn was put on a path to be released, in no small part due to her MindFreedom Shield alert, but she didn’t want us to announce it due to the possibility that her release could be compromised. We are pleased now to announce that she was released on July…
Shield Alert: Free Shannon Callahan
Free Shannon Callahan July 3, 2024 Update Shannon was so grateful for all the support at her hearing. Shannon is so beaten down, traumatized, and exhausted that she just wants all of this to be over. Her court-appointed lawyer took advantage of this and coerced Shannon into agreeing to the commitment. The lawyer told her…
Shield Alert Update: You Stopped David Russell from being forcibly electroshocked
6/15/25. David is in a less-restrictive “halfway house.” 2/21/25. David just let us know he is back at the Intensive Residential Treatment Services facility. He was put on a 72-hour hold for blowing up and saying he was suicidal due to the guardian/conservator situation. 2/19/25. The Account Hearing only lasted for around 5 minutes and…
Shield Alert: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment
Update: November 9, 2024 Kedrick’s treatment team is refusing to allow him to move up a level, which would give him more privileges. They claim this is because he sleeps too much, even though extreme lethargy is a side effect of the drugs he is being forced to take. Additionally, they still have not given…