Disability Rights Mississippi successfully sued to force the Department of Mental Health to share records of serious incidents involving staff and residents at state-run psychiatric facilities.
by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today‘We can do our job’: Disability rights group wins access to mental health agency’s records by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today August 10, 2022 When the state’s advocacy organization for people with disabilities couldn’t get the Department of Mental Health to turn over records that could show abuse or neglect at state-run psychiatric facilities, it sued.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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