A number of people who have been diagnosed with mental illnesses and found not guilty by reason of insanity are suing the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals over their continued incarceration.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs have been denied access to mental healthcare while incarcerated and thus violating their 14th Amendment right to due process. The plaintiffs have all been assigned to state maintained or designated mental health facilities since being found not guilty by reason of insanity for various crimes, including battery, arson and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, but have instead been held at local correctional facilities for months despite no criminal charges being filed against them.
[For more of this story, written by Kyle Barnett, go to http://setexasrecord.com/news/...ntally-ill-prisoners]
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