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South Carolina Found in Contempt for Non-Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners

South Carolina Found in Contempt for Non-Treatment
of Mentally Ill Prisoners

by Lonnie Burton


The South Carolina Department of Mental Health (DMH) and its director were held in contempt of court on September 5, 2002, for ignoring repeated court orders to treat mentally ill prisoners confined in county jails. The ...

 

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