New Hampshire Inmates Sue for Better Mental Health Care
September 27, 2004 New Hampshire Inmates Sue for Better Mental Health Care Six inmates from the New Hampshire State Prison are suing the state for not providing adequate mental health care. New Hampshire Legal Assistance, which has represented inmates at the prison since 1975, filed the lawsuit in July 2004. The inmates claim that mental health programs are understaffed, and inmates have been known to go for months or years without treatment. The lawsuit also faults the department for failing to create a residential treatment unit for mentally ill inmates and not installing a computerized data management system for the . . .