institutionalization

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The third piece of the Cicero platform is to expand civil commitment laws, which permit the involuntary hospitalization or institutionalization of people with mental illnesses.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025

He wrote that he was “very sick” and suggested that he had lied about his health to avoid further treatment or institutionalization.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Medical understanding of autism is in its infancy, and treatment is only a generation removed from institutionalization.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Led by a Black janitor at Moshe’s theater, the town comes together to protect a deaf boy from institutionalization.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Legal rulings empowered people with developmental disabilities to refuse treatment and created rights for the mentally disabled that made forced institutionalization much less common.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson