Settlement in 11-Year Lawsuit Promises Relief from Abuse for Mentally Ill in South Carolina's Prisons

June 10, 2016 Sarah Blatt-Herold

On May 31, 2016, a settlement was released in the longstanding class-action lawsuit between South Carolina-based Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc (P&A) and the South Carolina Department of Corrections. If approved by a judge, the settlement would benefit the approximately 3,500 individuals with mental illness incarcerated in South Carolina. P&A and SCDC […]

Mentally Ill in South Carolina's Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

January 11, 2014January 12, 2014 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

Photo: South Carolina Department of Corrections, Trial Exhibit

A court ruling out of South Carolina this week deserves the attention of anyone concerned with the use of solitary confinement and other brutal conditions and practices on the hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness who are held in our nation’s prisons. The best reporting on the ruling comes from The Atlantic’s Andrew […]

Solitary Watch

By Jean Casella | February 17, 2021

Judge Michael Baxley

Settlement in 11-Year Lawsuit Promises Relief from Abuse for Mentally Ill in South Carolina's Prisons

Mentally Ill in South Carolina's Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect