A man was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaii state psychiatric hospital for two years in a case of mistaken identity. Joshua Spriestersbach, 55, had been living on the street in 2017 when police arrested him for offences perpetrated by another man named Thomas Castleberry. At the time, Castleberry had already been incarcerated in Alaska since 2016, accordingContinue reading “An Innocent Man Wins An Enormous Payout”
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The Death Of An Essex Man Was Preventable
The death of a 20-year-old described as a “beautiful soul” was directly contributed to by the non-availability of an in-patient bed in a Mental Health Assessment Unit, a report has concluded. Jack Peatling spent six days at home awaiting a bed before taking his own life on June 5, 2023. A prevention of future deathsContinue reading “The Death Of An Essex Man Was Preventable”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 