12 Things We Learned from Flannery’s Clownery It feels like we are long overdue for a “wrap up” essay of sorts following the conclusion to Flannery’s Clownery. To that end, here is a cliché clickbait “top ten list” of lessons learned for mass consumption: The Office of the President of the United States is…
Connecticut’s Forced Electroshock Problem: Part 6 I shan’t apologize for this iteration of Connecticut’s Forced Electroshock Problem following so soon after last weekend’s Connecticut Shock Awards where we presented the district-by-district data for 2025 (read Part 5) since it appears that today’s offering from the State of Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator clears…
Since I’m as tired of writing them as you likely are of reading them, this installment of Connecticut’s Forced Electroshock Problem is a choose-your-own-adventure. Choose wisely: LAUGH or CRY The 2026 Connecticut Shock Awards At long last, the 2026 Connecticut Shock Awards have arrived to celebrate excellence in human torture across the state of…
The previous part in this series on forced electroshock in Connecticut concluded with the anticipation of documents from a FOIA request I filed with the Veteran’s Affairs Office. The purpose of the request was to obtain any and all patient records demonstrating patient harm from electroshock treatment occurring at the West Haven VA as well…
In all of my writing about the data on involuntary electroshock treatment requests filed to probate courts throughout the state of Connecticut, I’ve disciplined myself as best I can to resist writing about their data on involuntary drugging requests. Since logic would imply that the use of electroshock treatment against people’s will is most likely…
At this point, it appears that I may never receive an answer to my additional requests for data from the State of Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator’s records on forced electroshock treatment. Unfortunately, amidst all the confusion created by my learning about the faults in their Biennial Reports regarding patient conservatorship status, missing…
Last year, I wrote to the State of Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator requesting data on forced electroshock requests filed throughout the state. They provided data going back to 2012, which not only included the totals for each calendar year, but also broke the data down by probate district as well. Letter…
FOLLOW-UP 3/16/2026: Connecticut’s Forced Electroshock Problem – Part 2 UPDATE 12/6/2025: story and analysis now available at Mad in America: Connecticut’s Forced Electroshock Problem. Please click the image below for the full PDF including the raw data obtained from the State of Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator:
Earlier this year, a bill was submitted to Connecticut’s Public Health Committee to end involuntary electroshock in the state of Connecticut. The bill, S.B. 1070, remains untouched. The next stage the bill must advance to is Public Testimony, however, that will require two members of the Committee stepping forward to make it happen. Just two…
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