patient abuse

One day after a judge approved the largest settlement ever between the state of Connecticut and an individual, a Groton state senator echoed her calls for reforming the hospital where a state psychiatric patient was abused. Five years ago, NBC Connecticut Investigates broke the story of the arrest of state employees at the Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown, in connection…

A leading state senator said a record settlement in a patient abuse case shows our state’s maximum security psychiatric facility has a long way to go before it achieves better outcomes.

It’s the biggest legal payment ever made to an individual by our state – all connected to reports by NBC Connecticut Investigates about patient abuse at Connecticut’s maximum security psychiatric hospital.

It’s the biggest legal payment ever made to an individual by our state – all connected to reports by NBC Connecticut Investigates about patient abuse at Connecticut’s maximum security psychiatric hospital. We’re talking about the case of Bill Shehadi, who has been at the Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown since 1995. A judge has signed off on a $9 million…

A task force has recommended sweeping changes at our state’s maximum-security psychiatric facility.

A task force has recommended sweeping changes at our state’s maximum-security psychiatric facility. The task force was formed following revelations of patient abuse at the Whiting Forensic Hospital, much of it uncovered by NBC Connecticut Investigates. The abuse of patient William Shehadi, and the firing and prosecution of some of the people that committed it, prompted the legislature to...