Date of Award
4-2022
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Political Science, BA, BS
School
CAS
Department
Political Science and Legal Studies
Faculty Advisor
Charles Chieppo
Abstract
In November of last year, former Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division released the findings of an investigation of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC). They found several violations of prisoner’ constitutionals rights for mental health cases under the Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments for criminal defendants. The findings reveal a lack of structured mental health care for MDOC prisoners, untrained employees, and unnecessary abuse of restrictive housing for prisoners designated under a mental health watch program.
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Recommended Citation
Yung, Jeffrey, "Mental Health In Massachusetts Prisons" (2022). Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects. 23.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/undergrad/23
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