Feds investigating treatment of mentally ill in Louisville
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The U.S. Justice Department is launching a civil rights investigation into Louisville and Jefferson County. The investigation will focus on whether Kentucky unnecessarily segregates people with serious mental illness in psychiatric hospitals. The result may put those with mental illness at greater risk of encounters with law enforcement.
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Feds investigating treatment of mentally ill in Louisville
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into how Kentucky cares for mentally ill adults in the Louisville area. The probe will look into potential violations of the Americans
Feds investigating treatment of mentally ill in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into how Kentucky cares for mentally ill adults in the Louisville area. The probe will look into potential violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Investigators are looking at whether the state subjects adults with serious mental illness “to unnecessary institutionalization and serious risk of institutionalization in psychiatric hospitals,” according to a med…