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Pennsylvania Settles Case on SMI in Solitary Confinement  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 17, Number 01, May/June 2015 , pp.1-2(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

This article notes the progress made in in limiting, although not eliminating, high security, isolated confinement for the seriously mentally ill (SMI) after the recent "landmark" settlement.

Keywords: secure residential treatment units; diversionary treatment units; Administrative Custody; Disciplinary Custody; Dunn v. Voinovich , Case No. C1-93-0166

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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