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From the Tacoma News-Tribune, December 30, 2011 Joint Base Lewis-McChord passed an unwelcome milestone in 2011, recording more soldier suicides than in any previous year. Twelve soldiers took their own lives in 2011, up from nine in 2010 and nine in 2009, Army I Corps spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Dangerfield said. The total could grow […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 30, 2011 The mother of a developmentally disabled prison inmate who died in a segregation cell at the Oregon State Penitentiary after injecting an “undetermined drug or toxin” has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state. Richard Gifford, 22, received “no meaningful treatment” at the Salem prison, […]
Will Hall, host of Madness Radio on KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland, Oregon and a board member of the Mental Health Association of Portland, hosted the “Talk Radio” hour on KBOO Friday, December 23. Hall’s guest protects his identity on the show with the pseudonym Emmanuel Goldstein, is a former Oregon State Hospital patient now living […]
From the Klamath Falls Herald and News, December 22, 2011 The Klamath County Mental Health Department’s only psychiatrist resigned last week after the Oregon Board of Medicine opened an investigation of him. READ – The Oregon Medical Board’s ‘Interim Stipulated Order’ for Michael Thein. UPDATE – Less than 24 hours later, the OMB released an […]
The Mental Health Association of Portland has opposed the re-creation of the Oregon State Hospital, and the santization of it’s history. The film, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is a direct and harsh criticism of the hospital and its ilk, as operated by all superintendents, including Dean Brooks. Note: to date, the OSH Museum […]
REPORT OF THE 2011 MULTNOMAH COUNTY CORRECTIONS GRAND JURY: Conditions and Management of Correctional Facilities within Multnomah County October 2011 – December 2011 READ – Report of the 2011 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury, in original PDF formatting STATUTORY BACKGROUND Pursuant to the Oregon Revised Statute 132.440, a Corrections Grand Jury convened on October 11, […]
From KGW.com, December 23, 2011 The manager of a Gresham facility for recovering addicts startled a burglar while opening up the center early Friday morning. LEARN – URS Club Police formed a perimeter search, fearing for a short time that the same made attempted to rob a nearby mini-mart. A suspect was not located. Curtis […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner If you’re in recovery from alcoholism, holidays can be especially challenging. On top of the usual stress, exhaustion, family squabbles, financial strain and too-high expectations, it seems like everywhere you look someone’s pouring a drink. Of course that’s not the case, but why not prove it to yourself […]
By Stuart Tomlinson, The Oregonian, Dec. 21, 2011 ST.HELENS — For six hours Wednesday, the lead attorney for the man accused of gunning down Rainier’s police chief went back and forth with a forensic psychologist for the Oregon State Hospital over the mental competency of Daniel Butts. When the session ended, the only thing certain […]
From The Oregonian, December 21, 2011 A retired Lane County judge has filed ethics complaints against Washington County’s district attorney, a circuit court judge and a defense attorney, saying they sent a man to the state hospital on an order for which there is no authority. Retired Judge Jim Hargreaves filed complaints with the state […]
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