ACLU to announce lawsuit over treatment of inmates with mental illness

PROVIDENCE -- The ACLU of Rhode Island on Friday plans to announce "the filing of a major class-action lawsuit against the State," the organization said in a media alert.

According to the ACLU, "the lawsuit is challenging the 'inhumane' treatment of individuals with mental illness at the [Adult Correctional Institutions] and seeks sweeping remedies to address the problem."

Mental-health advocates have long protested conditions under which some people living with mental illness are kept at the state prison.

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