RIGHT TO TREATMENT - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS

• NCJ Number: 32616
• Journal: Prison Journal Volume: 54 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUTUMN-WINTER 1974) Pages: 43-56
• Author(s): B G TOOMEY; H E ALLEN; C E SIMONSEN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Prison Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER REVIEWS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE RIGHT TO TREATMENT AND DISCUSSES THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES OF CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL CHARGED WITH THE CUSTODY OF INMATES WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO TREATMENT.

Abstract

NUMEROUS JUDICIAL DECISIONS ARE CITED AS THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF INMATES, BOTH CRIMINALLY AND CIVILLY COMMITTED, TO TREATMENT OR REHABILITATION.