The bill is based on recommendations made by a task force formed in the wake of the physical and mental abuse of a patient in 2017.
William Shehadi
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After abuse scandal, CT lawmakers push to reform Whiting
About a year after cruel, ongoing abuse of a Whiting Forensic patient was revealed, the legislature’s Public Health Committee has reported out three bills aimed at reforming the state’s only maximum-security psychiatric facility by increasing transparency and oversight.