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Lawsuit seeks to keep prisoners with mental illness out of Northern Correctional Kelan Lyons, CT Mirror FacebookTwitterEmail Northern Correctional Institution’s use of solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amounts to discrimination against prisoners with mental illnesses, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday that seeks to end those practices. The federal lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Connecticut against the state Department of Correction, Acting Commissioner Angel Quiros and Northern Warden Roger Bowles claims the state discriminates against prisoners with mental illnesses by failing to modify DOC procedures so inmates with mental health conditions can access programs, services and opportunities that other incarcerated people have. ....
Published February 04. 2021 8:11PM HARTFORD (AP) A disability rights group sued Connecticut prison officials Thursday on allegations that inmates with mental illness are being physically and psychologically abused at the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution. The nonprofit Disability Rights Connecticut says in the federal court lawsuit that the Department of Correction s use of prolonged isolation and in-cell shackling of mentally ill prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment that violates their constitutional rights. The treatment is also illegal discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the suit says. The Correction Department has a policy to not comment on pending litigation, said agency spokesperson Andrius Banevicius. ....
Lawsuit: Mentally ill inmates shackled, isolated in cells Lawsuit: Mentally ill inmates shackled, isolated in cells Department of Correction  HARTFORD (AP) â A disability rights group sued Connecticut prison officials Thursday on allegations that inmates with mental illness are being physically and psychologically abused at the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution. The nonprofit Disability Rights Connecticut says in the federal court lawsuit that the Department of Correctionâs use of prolonged isolation and in-cell shackling of mentally ill prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment that violates their constitutional rights. The treatment is also illegal discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the suit says. ....
Lawsuit seeks to keep prisoners with mental illness out of Northern Correctional Claims solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amount to discrimination A desk and a steel slab that would serve as a frame under a thin mattress at Northern Correctional Institution. The lawsuit alleges those incarcerated at the Somers prison spend up to 24 hours a day in their cells, confined to this space. The image is a still photo corrections officers took of an empty cell for a documentary about the prison, according to lawyers involved in the lawsuit. Northern Correctional Institution’s use of solitary confinement and in-cell shackling amounts to discrimination against prisoners with mental illnesses, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday that seeks to end those practices. ....
Advocates push to end solitary confinement at CT prisons Lisa Backus FacebookTwitterEmail A woman gestures through the sunroof of a passing car during a protest outside the Bridgeport Correctional Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. April 15, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media For Colleen Lord’s son, a struggle with correction officers put the accused parole violator in solitary confinement, where, she tearfully recalled, he died in March 2019. Joining lawmakers and advocates Monday, Lord shared her son’s story as she and two other mothers, whose sons were put in similar confinement, showed their support for legislation hoping to end the controversial practice of isolating inmates. ....