Officials Surprised At Extent Of Alleged Abuse At Whiting

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) — State officials are expressing surprise at the extent of alleged abuse that took place at Connecticut’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital.
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner Miriam Dephin-Rittmon told state lawmakers Monday that top officials “never had information that would suggest a pattern this significant.”
Thirty-seven employees at Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hos