RALEIGH, N.C – RALEIGH, N.C. – A mentally disabled North Carolina native who was wrongly deported by federal immigration agents and left in a Mexico border town with about $3 in his pocket should get his day in court, a federal magistrate recommended this week.
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"They say justice is blind. It must be to ignore the plight of the mentally ill in America’s prisons." So writes Matthew Mangino for thecrimereport.org in introducing the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s recent two-part series on mental illness and incarceration. In his editorial "America's 'Mental Health Gulag,'" Mr. Mangino points to North Carolina as well as other states as examples of less than humane treatment and solutions.
Deported man’s lawsuit advances
November 17, 2011
Mentally ill inmates deserve good-quality care, too – Fayetteville Observer
November 17, 2011
The best we can say for the shameful plight of mentally unstable inmates in Central Prison’s mental health unit is that it was brought to light by an internal review, reluctantly shared with the public. Story continues here >>>
City opposes mental facility housing mentally ill criminals – High Point Enterprise
November 16, 2011
HIGH POINT – A Florida company’s plan to open a forensic mental health hospital in High Point has drawn opposition from city leaders. Story continues here >>>
Inmates with mental illness neglected – NewsObserver.com
November 13, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. — An internal review of conditions inside North Carolina’s Central Prison found that inmates with serious mental illnesses were neglected by staff and locked away in fetid cells.Story continues here >>>
State should get serious about finding sterilization victims | JournalNow.com
November 13, 2011
Forty-eight sterilization victims. That’s the sum total of victims the state has found after more than a year of half-hearted searching. That’s shameful, considering how quickly earlier generations of state officials rounded up more than 7,600 victims to render them barren.
Private care for inmates? | The Charlotte Observer
November 12, 2011
North Carolina is considering outsourcing health care for all of its prisoners in order to save money.
State prison officials have asked for proposals from companies that are big enough to coordinate all aspects of medical care – from dental work to pharmacies to mental health to hospital care and billing. Story continues here >>>
