The Mad Mrs. Rochester Revisited: The Involuntary Confinement of the Mentally Ill in South Africa

The involuntary confinement of the mentally ill describes the legal process by which a person is imprisoned for an indeterminate period not because they have committed any criminal act but because they are allegedly ill. This paper raises a series of concerns with this practice, and its implementation in South Africa. It concludes by offering a series of legal and legislative reforms concerning the practice. 

 

The Mad Mrs. Rochester Revisited_ The Involuntary Confinement of the Mentally Ill in South Africa
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Nicholas Haysom
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Nicholas Haysom is the former Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies.

Martin Strous
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Martin Strous is a psychology graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Lloyd Vogelman
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Lloyd Vogelman is a founder and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Vogelman is a recognised global expert in the realm of Complex Selling, Advisory & Stakeholder Management capabilities. He also developed the Corteks Complex Selling and Advisory Methodology. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Psychology Faculty of Science from the University of London.

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