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Montana Involuntary Committed Individuals May Be Restrained During Transport

The Montana Supreme Court held that Montana law does not preclude handcuffing involuntarily committed mentally ill people during transport to a state hospital. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied an involuntarily committed man’s request to not be handcuffed during transport.

J.J., a 30-year-old bipolar, ...

 

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