Potent drug cocktails replace physical restraints at the medium-security facility for people with mental illness. Boston Globe - By The Editorial Board - February 17, 2022 It was to have been a “culture change” for Bridgewater State Hospital, Governor Charlie Baker promised back in 2016. The medium-security facility for men suffering from mental illness who… Continue reading Mold, Benadryl, and antipsychotic drugs: New report raises alarms about a state mental facility
WBUR by Deborah Becker A new report shows clinic workers at the Bridgewater State Hospital often use chemical restraints and seclusion on people held there in violation of state law. Despite the Baker administration's reforms at Bridgewater State Hospital, the report says the facility has significant structural problems, and that staff members are improperly restraining… Continue reading Chemical restraints, isolation often used at Bridgewater State Hospital, new report says
~Tatum Pritchard, Disability Law Center Deeply disturbing findings from Disability Law Center continue to be a front-and-center concern for FFIMI. Not just the dilapidated, unhealthy facility - but equally, or more importantly, the lack of mental health treatment. As litigation director and acting executive director of the Disability Law Center, Tatum Pritchard, states: "It’s a… Continue reading FFIMI Continues to Sound the Alarm – DLC Report Calls For Shutdown of Bridgewater State Hospital and Move out from DOC to DMH – “It’s just a broken facility in terms of the physical plant but also in terms of the services it provides and does not provide.”
Photo by Vie Studio on Pexels.com Who is FFIMI? To put it simply we are family and friends of individuals with mental illness. We are people that recognize the fullness and worth of a human being as more than their diagnosis, more than their legal status, more than their struggles. We are people who believe… Continue reading Who We Are
Family and Friends of Individuals with Mental Illness ~ Advocating for those who are Justice Involved 