Feds to investigate whether S.C. ‘unnecessarily’ institutionalizes people with mental illnesses
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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Wednesday that they have opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to determine whether the state of South Carolina subjects adults with mental illness to unnecessary institutionalization and the risk of institutionalization in adult residences. According to Justice … Read more