PATIENT COMPATIBILITY/ENEMIES

  • No uniform statewide policies for housing patients compatibly in dormitories;

  • On a daily basis there are violent fights between patients in dormitories, many not reported, because staff forced patients to live together when they were told/warned that those patients were not compatible, or that they were enemies;

  • DSH has no uniform policies or protocols for maintaining patient enemy lists, or keeping those enemies separated when it comes to making housing decisions;

  • In many instances, patients who are incompatible are forced to live together as a retaliatory action by staff because one of the patients angered the staff member or someone in management.