When care is compulsoryAllegheny County’s 302s, the push for AOT and the debate over involuntary treatment
Chester tried to speak to the New York judge presiding over the court hearing that would shape the next two years of his life as a person with serious mental illness.
He was cut off by his court-appointed attorney, whom he first met 45 minutes before the hearing. “Just stay quiet,” she whispered. “The judge doesn’t like when you speak out of turn.”…