Criminal
Dec. 18, 2018
Essential step towards reforming mental health care in our prisons
Last week, U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller made a bold and much needed ruling.
Jeffrey A. Aaron
Public Defender
Mendocino County Public Defender's Office
3801 University Ave Ste 700
Riverside , CA 92501
Phone: (951) 276-6346
Fax: (951) 276-6368
Email: Jeffrey_Aaron@fd.org
Rutgers Univ SOL; Camden NJ
Jeffrey is a certified specialist in criminal law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
On Dec. 13, U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller made a bold and much-needed ruling. It was in the case of Coleman v. Brown, CV-90-000520 (E.D. Cal.), a lawsuit that has been litigated since 1990, and where the plaintiffs allege that mentally ill inmates in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation receive substandard care. The judge ordered an investigation...
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