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New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Prisoners – But Still Sticks Many in Solitary
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2013
by Christie Thompson
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2013, page 24
When Amir Hall entered New York state prison for a parole violation in November 2009, he came with a long list of psychological problems. Hall arrived at the prison from a state psychiatric hospital after he had tried to suffocate himself. Hospital staff diagnosed Hall with serious depression.
Filed under:
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
New York.
In Mid-State ...
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