Article 6R97K ‘Urgent’ action needed after Melbourne woman’s near decade in solitary confinement in mental health facility, judge says

‘Urgent’ action needed after Melbourne woman’s near decade in solitary confinement in mental health facility, judge says

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Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter
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Woman remains in seclusion after being found not guilty of assault due to mental impairment in 2015

A Victorian judge says the state's health and attorney general's departments must act urgently in the case of a woman who has spent almost a decade in solitary confinement at a forensic mental health facility.

Guardian Australia revealed in July that the Melbourne woman is being held at Thomas Embling hospital, a secure forensic mental health facility, after being found not guilty because of mental impairment on assault charges in 2015.

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