DOJ amicus brief on Lynn E. v. Lynch

March 27, 2012
According to the plaintiffs, the State of New Hampshire unjustifiably forces people with mental illness to obtain the needed mental health services in segregated residential institutions like the State's psychiatric hospital even though they could be appropriately served in community-based settings. The State has concluded that the lack of adequate community capacity in its system is unnecessarily forcing these individuals into institutional settings to obtain needed services for their mental illness, and too often prompting unwanted contact with law enforcement, hospital emergency room, the court system and county jails.
Download the Report
. . .