Group blasts lax supervision at Montana hospital

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Feb 14, 2010 at 7:29 PM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 14, 2010 at 7:29 PM MDT

MISSOULA - A Montana civil rights group that investigated a claim of a sexual assault by a convicted sex offender on a female patient at Montana's psychiatric hospital says lax supervision and oversight allowed the rape to happen.

Disability Rights Montana is a private nonprofit law firm required by the federal government to investigate allegations of abuse or neglect. It says the Warm Spring Hospital's failure to comply with its own policies allowed a convicted rapist unfettered access to the hospital's general population.

The group also says other patients notified staff of the rape while it was in progress but no steps were taken to investigate. The state recently paid a $375,000 settlement to avoid litigation from the March 2008 incident.

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Anonymous said on Monday, Feb 15 at 6:50 AM

everybody is related to each other in the valley of deer lodge and anaconda.the prison and hospital staff are all thugs and liars.its a big old click full of lazy staff an .inner personality defects.they need to relly clean house and fire these mutants.

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