CONCORD, N.H. (AP) The death of a patient being held at the New Hampshire prison system's psychiatric facility is under investigation, officials said. The state Department of Corrections announced the death at the Secure Psychiatric Unit in Concord in a statement late Saturday.
Inpatient psychiatric beds in New Hampshire have long been scarce, and the pandemic has only exacerbated the situation, forcing people to seek treatment for their mental health conditions in emergency rooms until a bed becomes available.Last week, 18.
A secure facility for 24 patients with mental illness could be operating alongside New Hampshire Hospital in Concord within two years, although many details remain to be worked out.The state will present an online update Thursday night at 6 p.m. about.
A House committee feels the state’s progress on a long-stalled effort to transfer mental health patients from the state prison to a hospital is moving along so well, it killed a bill this week giving lawmakers a greater role in the project.