Record #:

27657

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Mentally ill inmate Michael Anthony Kerr died of dehydration after a month-long stay in solitary confinement. Kerr’s death has spurred investigations by the State Bureau of Investigations and Disability Rights NC. Disability Rights is composing several reforms that will guide how prisons treat mentally ill inmates in the future.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 40, October 2014, p8

Subject(s):

Mental illness; Prisons--Laws and legislation; Prisoners