Ontario man held in psychiatric seclusion for 20 years wins court order for new assessment

The Ontario Court of Appeal's ruling said that Camelot Hamblett 'has been in some form of seclusion for almost the entirety ...

Despite case of man held for 20 years, psychiatric seclusion rarely prolonged for years, experts say

It is happening in the case of 43-year-old Camelot Hamblett, who has been confined to his room at Waypoint Centre for Mental ...
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Fourth Circuit hears challenge to mental health patient's 19 months in seclusion

The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion/ Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Duke University law students argued to ...

For 20 years, this man has been locked in ‘seclusion’ at an Ontario psychiatric hospital. ‘Somebody has to care,’ his lawyer says

Found not criminally responsible for a 2004 sexual assault, Camelot Hamblett has lived in near-total isolation in a locked ...
News Tribune

Truman Veterans’ Hospital shows high rate of patient confinement for unsafe behavior

Seclusion is a protocol used in hospital settings when a patient is displaying unsafe behaviors. Many organizations, including U.S. health care accrediting body the Joint Commission, say that it ...
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Seclusion rooms, restraints used with little documentation in N.B. psych hospital

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's ombudswoman released a damning report Tuesday on the province's use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in adult psychiatric facilities, practices she said ...