Summary Of Delaware Community Legal Aid Society, Inc V. Coupe Settlement Regarding Solitary Confinement Of Offenders With Mental Illness

Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) released this summary was released by regarding the lawsuit that CLASI filed in the United States District Court on August 6, 2015 in the District of Delaware alleging that the Delaware Department of Corrections (DOC) violated the 8th Amendment to the United State Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, by housing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement and failing to address adequately the serious mental health needs of DOC inmates with mental illnesses. On September 1, 2016, the court signed an agreement and order retaining jurisdiction for five years to enable CLASI to . . .