Whiting Forensic Hospital

There is support and criticism for a bill this legislative session that would bring changes to how our state oversees people in Connecticut found not guilty by reason of insanity.

There is support and criticism for a bill this legislative session that would bring changes to how our state oversees people in Connecticut found not guilty by reason of insanity. This involves Connecticut’s Psychiatric Security Review Board, which has been in existence since 1985. For years, NBC Connecticut Investigates has broken stories about Whiting Forensic Hospital, one of the facilities…

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…

How do you balance public safety and rehabilitating inmates found not guilty by reason of insanity? It’s a struggle state lawmakers are grappling with right now as they try to rebuild and redefine how our maximum security psychiatric hospital is run in Middletown. “The idea that my offender could be free, even for a few hours, at the say...

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...