Jamisha Seward says she was held in the emergency room of a Henrico County hospital for more than three days last September. A new state law allows a person
to be released sooner than three days if an evaluation shows the individual is no longer a threat, suicidal and no longer needs hospitalization.
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‘A law like this was needed’ says woman who faced hospital stay
A new state law might have prevented Jamisha L. Seward’s ordeal nearly a year ago when she was handcuffed and shackled by her leg to a hospital bed for more than 80 hours while a rotating shift of Henrico County police officers kept an eye on her.
