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Indiana Agrees to Forsake Isolation of the SMI  


Author:  Fred  Cohen.


Source: Volume 09, Number 01, May/June 2007 , pp.11-11(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

A private settlement is reached after HRW's report “Cold Storage” provides a textbook summary of the harm involved with Secured Housing Units: creating or exacerbating illness, excessive rule violations and sanctions, inadequate monitoring and treatment, inadequate and poorly trained staff, and no good data on post-release problems or specialized care.

Keywords: Wabash Valley Correctional Institution, Human Rights Watch

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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