'Very disturbing': Report details alleged abuses at St. Elizabeths Hospital

A new report is recommending that the D.C. Department of Health investigates allegations of staff abuse at St. Elizabeths Hospital. Advocacy program Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services detailed three cases from earlier this year in which patients at D.C.’s public psychiatric hospital were violently restrained or secluded by staff, in violation of D.C. law and hospital policy.