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ACLU Requests Transfer of Mentally-Ill Prisoners from Supermax (08/10/2001)
MADISON, WI - - The American Civil Liberties Union in coalition with other prisoner advocacy groups today asked a federal court to order the immediate transfer of six seriously mentally ill prisoners from Wisconsin's Supermax Correctional Institution to an inpatient psychiatric facility. The ACLU is also asking the court for an order allowing an independent psychiatric assessment of all prisoners housed at the Supermax Correctional Institution (SMCI).
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Disability Rights
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Mentally Disabled
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Press Releases
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ACLU Requests Transfer of Mentally-Ill Prisoners from Supermax (08/10/2001)
MADISON, WI - - The American Civil Liberties Union in coalition with other prisoner advocacy groups today asked a federal court to order the immediate transfer of six seriously mentally ill prisoners from Wisconsin's Supermax Correctional Institution to an inpatient psychiatric facility. The ACLU is also asking the court for an order allowing an independent psychiatric assessment of all prisoners housed at the Supermax Correctional Institution (SMCI).
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