Title: Baker Act Cases
Headings: Baker Act Cases, Involuntary Confinement
Baker Act Cases, Involuntary Confinement
Baker Act Defense, Involuntary Baker Act Confinement, Involuntary Confinement in Hospital, Confinement in Baker Act Facility, Mental Health Confinement, Psychiatric Confinement, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Content: Examples of abuses that can occur as a result include: -Individuals who do not have a mental condition and do not meet the basic criteria for the Baker Act are involuntarily confined and deprived of their freedom. -Children are involuntarily confined at facilities that are not really set up for children. -Because of overcrowding the person is taken to or transferred to a facility far away from his or her home, family and friends. -A person who has medical problems (especially true with the elderly) is confined in a Baker Act facility and is unable to receive regular medical care or attend scheduled appointments with their regular treating physicians. -A person who is taking one or more prescriptions for medical problems will not be allowed to take them while confined. This can lead to a deterioration of the person's medical condition. -If the person has a regular psychiatrist or therapist, that person is not allowed to see or treat the person where he or she is confined because the therapist is not on the medical staff of the Baker Act facility. -Persons may be confined in a facility in which one or more dangerous patients are also confined. Our clients have reported assaults and sexual molestation which have occurred at such facilities.