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: Stop the forced drugging of Jill Kesti in her own home
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
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!
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
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
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
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…
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…
Shield Alert Update: The forced shocking of Brian Henley has been suspended! Hold off writing letters for now!
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…
Jill Kesti taken by force from her home in Ontonogan County, MI and forcibly drugged
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
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…
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