‘Urgent’ action needed after Melbourne woman’s near decade in solitary confinement in mental health facility, judge says
by Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter from on (#6R97K)
Woman remains in seclusion after being found not guilty of assault due to mental impairment in 2015
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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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