A federal judge is taking charge of Mississippi's mental health system, saying that attorneys for the federal government have proved the state isn't doing enough to serve people outside the confinement of mental hospitals.
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge is taking charge of Mississippi's mental health system, saying that attorneys for the federal government have proved the state isn't doing enough to serve people outside the confinement of mental hospitals.
Until Reeves decides on the special master's role, the depth of his intervention into the mental health system won't be clear. The U.S. Justice Department argued that Mississippi's movement toward community services was far too slow, forcing hundreds or thousands of people into avoidable hospital stays. Reeves found that Mississippi is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said"unjustified" mental hospital confinement is illegal.
"The United States' experts provided dozens of examples of individuals who were unnecessarily hospitalized or hospitalized too long because they were excluded from community-based services," the judge wrote.
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