Secure Psychiatric Unit (SPU) & Residential Treatment Unit (RTU) | NH …
The SPU is located on the grounds of the State Prison for Men in Concord, but is a separate and distinct unit that is overseen by the Director of Medical and Forensics. The SPU is the most intensive and secure inpatient treatment facility in the state behavioral health service delivery system. The SPU is designated to serve those having …
Op-Ed: More Reform Needed Around Secure Psychiatric Unit
2023年9月4日 · Top right shows a typical cell at SPU. Below photo shows the prison fencing outside the unit. Share this story: By WANDA DURYEA and BEATRICE COULTER. On a glorious late summer day, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the new forensic hospital on the grounds of New Hampshire Hospital. While it is an enormous step forward, it is only one ...
Push underway to build new secure psychiatric facility - WMUR
2019年2月14日 · CLIP 2775 24.12 NATS OF BARRED GATE OPENING D-O-C OFFICIALS ALLOWED OUR CAMERAS INSIDE- THE SPU CAN HOUSE 66 PATIENTS AND IS TYPICALLY AT CAPACITY. ... who spent 15 years at New Hampshire's ...
NH breaks ground on new forensic psychiatric hospital
2023年8月31日 · State officials broke ground on a new forensic psychiatric hospital Thursday, saying it will ultimately bring an end to New Hampshire’s practice of treating civilly committed people within the ...
Nine months after death at NH prison psych unit, a former guard …
2024年2月9日 · On April 29, according to court documents detailing an investigation by New Hampshire State Police, Rothe was refusing to leave a “day room” in the Secure Psychiatric Unit. Officers decided to ...
Recent death renews concerns about conditions at NH Secure …
2023年5月7日 · The Secure Psychiatric Unit, sometimes called the “SPU,” is run by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections on the grounds of the state prison in Concord. It houses people serving prison ...
Location for New Secure Psychiatric Unit Panned
2021年4月12日 · By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org. CONCORD — A proposed 60-bed secure psychiatric unit on New Hampshire Hospital grounds would allow “start-to-finish” treatment for the civilly committed, state officials said Monday.. But several Concord lawmakers and residents said the facility should be elsewhere as it would be viewed as a prison in a residential neighborhood.
Untimely Death at Secure Psychiatric Unit | NH Department of …
The NH Department of Corrections operates the SPU pursuant to and in accordance with RSA 622:45, RSA 622:52, and N.A. Admin R. Cor 504, et seq. New Hampshire. Department of Corrections. 64 South Street | Concord, NH | 03301 Telephone: (603) 271-5600 | Email: [email protected]. Driving Directions. Footer - Agency Links.
Officials outline preliminary plan for $30 million, 24-bed hospital …
2021年10月8日 · Heather Moquin, CEO of New Hampshire Hospital, and Ted Kupper, administrator of the state Bureau of Public Works, shared preliminary details of the project via Zoom Thursday evening at the first of several public sessions scheduled through the end of 2022. ... “They have a system where they move people between New Hampshire Hospital and SPU ...
Something ‘Fishy’ About Man’s Death at SPU After ‘Altercation’ …
2023年5月1日 · Inmates convicted of a crime are commingled in SPU with people who have been found incompetent to stand trial and not guilty by reason of insanity along with mentally ill people who haven’t committed a crime but who are deemed too dangerous to themselves or others to be held at the state psychiatric hospital, the New Hampshire Hospital ...