Scope and Content: The Division of Legal Medicine was established in 1956 to provide psychiatric services to courts and correctional institutions and to ensure that persons who came into contact with the criminal justice system received needed mental health care.  Pursuant to then MGLA c 123, ss 90, 100, and 101 (cf. since 1970, ss 4, 15-16), the Dept. of Mental Health held responsibilities, exercised through the division, in the discharge from the state hospitals of insane persons who were known to have attempted or committed violence against others or persons who had been indicted for murder or manslaughter but acquitted by reason of insanity.  State hospital discharge case files were created to provide a record of the discharge approval process.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name
Restrictions: Mental health client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 123, s 36. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Box 1: A-D. Box 2: E-J. Box 3: K-O. Box 4: P-Z
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