State ordered to improve treatment of mentally ill
Source: By Pat Shellenbarger, The Grand Rapids Press (MI), Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Declaring the "days of dead wood in the Department of Corrections are over," U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen ordered (.pdf) state prison officials immediately to improve care of mentally ill inmates and stop using restraints as punishment.
......... Enslen concluded with a warning to Corrections Department officials and Correctional Medical Services (CMS), the for-profit company under contract to care for Michigan's prisoners. Anyone who fails to provide proper care "may be arrested," he wrote, adding: "The days of dead wood in the Department of Corrections are over, as are the days of CMS intentionally delaying referrals and care for craven profit motives."