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26 Mar 2014

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SFGate (USA)

$3M settlement reached in death at Bridgewater [USA]

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The parents of a mental health patient who died at Bridgewater State Hospital five years ago will receive $3 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that prison guards were responsible for the death...The $3 million...will be paid by the state and the insurer for MHM Correctional Services, the...company that provides medical and mental health care to inmates and patients at Bridgewater...Bridgewater State provides mental health services to convicted criminals and mental health patients who have been charged with crimes.