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Isolating the Mentally Ill in the Massachusetts DOC: A Lawsuit is Brought  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 09, Number 03, September/October 2007 , pp.35-37(3)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

A complaint alleges that the DOC subjects mentally ill prisoners to Cruel and Unusual Punishment by using a combination of punitive, administrative, and protective custody-type segregation units.

Keywords: Disability Law Center, Inc. v. Massachusetts Dept. of Corrections , Civ. Action No. 07-10463

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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