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April 2007
 New York Department of Corrections & Office of Mental Health Private
Settlement Agreement
The settlement agreement in Disability Advocates, Inc. v. New York
State Office of Mental Health, et al., was signed by the New York
Department of Corrections and the New York Office of Mental Health
on April 27, 2007. Inmates with severe mental illnesses currently in
solitary confinement for their safety and the safety of other
inmates will be permitted to receive two to four hours of therapy
outside the cell at least five days per week. Mental health services
will be expanded for all inmates. New residential treatment programs
will be created to provide care for inmates who cannot be housed in
the general prison population. The new programs will add 215 new
treatment beds for mental health services for inmate-patients and
between 100 and 150 new beds for inmates with mental illness in
disciplinary housing. The increased services will begin as soon as
programs and treatment facilities are established.
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