Homeless man with mental illness spends 17 months in jail - for allegedly stealing a soda

[Visual description: This is a photo of the top of an open can of soda.]

Jail officials in Indiana stated that they thought the man had been released, so when a psychiatrist came to interview him, the doctor was told the man was no longer there. He was sent to a mental health facility on February 7 when the mistake was discovered by a new warden who was reviewing all of the inmates' files.

Via FoxNews

A review : L.A. Hospital dumpings

Back in October 2006, they used ambulances to dump 5 patients.

Via MSNBC

Back in the News: Hospital van dumps paraplegic

Sadly, back in the news, another "hospital dumping" in L.A., throwing a human being onto Skid Row as a hospital release. But in this case, it was a paraplegic - without a wheelchair.

A detective described what onlookers saw:

""He was sliding along on his bottom using his hands," Long said. "He had a hospital property bag in his mouth, in his teeth, and he was trailing a colostomy bag, which was malfunctioning."

He had no wheelchair or any other mobility device - a case of neglect, abuse and shameful disregard of a human being's dignity.

Via Mercurynews.com