Independent Evaluation Finds No Benefit to Coercion Under New York’s Kendra’s Law

Kendra’s Law is a New York State statute that allows courts to force people with “severe mental illness” into involuntary Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT). People with an AOT order are monitored by the state and live under the threat of psychiatric detention for non-compliance. As of 2024, 48 states as well as Washington D.C. have […] The post Independent Evaluation Finds No Benefit to Coercion…