The Maine Event
Riverview Overcrowding Issues
Season 2 Episode 2 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Maine's major psychiatric facility, Riverview, is suffering overcrowding issues.
Co-hosts Hanna Pingree and Roger Katz talk about Maine's major psychiatric facility, Riverview, and its overcrowding issues. One of the major questions being asked is will there be a new in-between facility for patients that no longer need to be held in a hospital and can not be held in a jail. Guests include Rep. Debra Sanderson (R-Dist. 88) and Rep. Drew Gattine (D-Dist. 126).
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The Maine Event
Riverview Overcrowding Issues
Season 2 Episode 2 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Co-hosts Hanna Pingree and Roger Katz talk about Maine's major psychiatric facility, Riverview, and its overcrowding issues. One of the major questions being asked is will there be a new in-between facility for patients that no longer need to be held in a hospital and can not be held in a jail. Guests include Rep. Debra Sanderson (R-Dist. 88) and Rep. Drew Gattine (D-Dist. 126).
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