$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000 published in Verdict1 November, 2000, page 6

Filed under: Hearing Officers, Staff Assistance, Staffing, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness). Location: New Jersey.

A federal district court in New Jersey has approved a $16 million settlement in a class-action suit against state prison officials for constitutionally deficient prison mental health care.

Patricia P. Pearlmutter, assistant professor of clinical law at the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University School of Law in ...

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