The Mad Mrs. Rochester Revisited: The Involuntary Confinement Of The Mentally Ill In South Africa
The involuntary confinement of the mentally ill describes the legal process by which a person is imprisoned for an indeterminate period not because they have committed any criminal act but because they are allegedly ill. This paper raises a series of concerns with this practice, and its implementation in South Africa. It concludes by offering a series of legal and legislative reforms concerning the practice.
01 Feb 1993
