Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73. Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73. Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad When a Man Loves a Woman, has died aged 73. Louisiana coroner Dr William Clark confirmed that Sledge died early on Tuesday morning at his home in Baton Rouge.
New Jersey Can Forcibly Medicate Patients in Mental Institutions. Congratulations are in order to the Nurse Ratcheds of the world. The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that New Jersey can forcibly medicate institutionalized, mentally ill patients in state custody. The appeal came after Disability Rights New Jersey challenged the forced-medication, arguing that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the patients' due process rights.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report, most inmates with mental illness donât receive treatment while in prison. Patti Jonesâ nephew Tony Lester was sent to state prison in Tucson, Ariz., for aggravated assault.Like Armando Cruz, Lester heard voices. report by the Treatment Advocacy Center even found that there are more people with severe mental illness in prisons and jails than in hospitals. Yolanda Cruz tried for years to get her son the right kind of care.