Medical Incarceration

Medical Incarceration is involuntary or non-consensual detainment including, but not limited to:

• Psychiatric hospitalization
• “Assisted living facilities” and nursing homes
• Group homes/residential facilities and conservatorships/guardianships
• Use of solitary confinement within jails/prisons “for the inmate’s own safety” related to mental and/or physical health
• Use of solitary as “protection” for LGBTQIA2S community members 
• Death penalty sentences for those who are disabled by mental illness and/or intellectual disability 

 

If you are needing support against medical incarceration, fill out this form here.