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Discharge Planning Claims Rebuffed in Ohio  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 13, Number 04, November/December 2011 , pp.55-55(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

Judge Beckwith doubts whether discharged indigent Ohio residents with a variety of mental health impairments claiming only a fear of reincarceration has legal standing — a sufficient showing of present or imminent harm — to meet the requirements of Article III of the Constitution.

Keywords: Serenity L. v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections (ODRC), Case No. 1:10-CV-076

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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