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Mental Commitment Cases Of 1971 Supreme Court Term, Ken Wing, R. Carman
Mental Commitment Cases Of 1971 Supreme Court Term, Ken Wing, R. Carman
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Even in areas where legal representation has become available to the poor through the efforts of Legal Services programs, there is still one group that is almost universally denied representation: those confined under the various forms of civil commitment and patients in mental health institutions. Almost by definition in need of legal counsel and predictably indigent, they are faced with interpersonal and institutional barriers that further reduce their chances to obtain representation. It is the position of the National Health Law Program that Legal Services programs throughout the country should focus some of their attention towards this portion of their …