Resource: Legal Aid and DRNY File Class Action Lawsuit Against NYS Over Practice of Keeping New Yorkers with Mental Illness Incarcerated Past Their Release Dates

The Legal Aid Society and Disability Rights New York filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Southern District on behalf of a class of New Yorkers with mental illness who have been held in prison because of a lack of community-based mental health housing programs. Some Plaintiffs have been incarcerated for as long as 16 months past their release dates.