Top psychiatrist wants forensic facility to avoid Noel Chambers case repeat

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Top psychiatrist wants forensic facility to avoid Noel Chambers case repeat

PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Psychiatric Association (JPA) Dr Earl Wright is appealing for the establishment of a forensic psychiatric facility to be at the forefront of the Government's agenda to avoid a recurrence of what took place with Noel Chambers, the elderly man who died at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in January after being incarcerated for 40 years without a trial on a murder charge.

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