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 – February 4, 2026: Lisa is still in the hospital in Hartford, CT. She is unable to get help from her public defender William Mastrogiovanni. We are going to send a message to the judge who is handling Lisa’s…
Adam Bruckshaw Shield Alert
HELP FREE ADAM BRUCKSHAW-LOVAINE FROM PSYCHIATRIC INCARCERATION AND FORCED DRUGGING IN ROCHDALE, ENGLAND UPDATE – Adam is still locked up at Birch Hill Hospital in Rochdale, England. He says things are getting worse with Dr. Faiz, his psychiatrist. The new phone number for the ward is 441706676118. UPDATE – November 24, 2025: Adam sent…
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: 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…
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…