With a follow-up grant from the Fund after his initial investigation last year, Luke Mullins reported for Washingtonian Magazine that conditions inside the Psychiatric Institute of Washington are even worse than previously known. Mullins spoke to a former employee at the facility who was sexually assaulted on the job by a patient, for which the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded the facility had “failed to protect employees from a recognized hazard” and issued a citation for a “serious” violation. Mullins also interviewed two former psychiatrists who said they were told to fudge patient records in order to keep insurance dollars flowing.
In follow-up coverage, grantee uncovers deeper problems at DC’s troubled psychiatric hospital
