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Prison's Mental Health Unit Faces Court-Ordered Changes

Judge mandates swift modifications at Marcy Correctional Facility's psychiatric division, acknowledging human rights infringements as reported by WSYR. Inmates in the Residential Mental Health Unit will now be granted seven hours of daily out-of-cell time, consisting of therapy and group...

Judicial mandate imposed for improvements within Marcy penitentiary's psychiatric division
Judicial mandate imposed for improvements within Marcy penitentiary's psychiatric division

Prison's Mental Health Unit Faces Court-Ordered Changes

FingerLakes1.com, the region's leading all-digital news publication, has reported that a federal judge has ordered changes at the psychiatric facility of Marcy Correctional Facility. The order comes after a class-action lawsuit alleging the state deprived inmates of treatment and follows multiple suicide attempts at the facility.

The court officer who ordered the changes is not publicly named in available sources. The order mandates incarcerated individuals in the Residential Mental Health Unit to receive seven hours of daily out-of-cell time. This out-of-cell time includes therapy and group programs.

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