State Hospital Salem Oregon
Oregon Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Calls for deeper dive into Oregon State Hospital’s Involvement in death of Skye Baskin. Oregon’s mental health system may be responsible for a 27-year-old man’s death last March.
Skye Edward Baskin, a Black man who was, according to family members, likely homeless, had been arrested in Roseburg in March for wandering in and out of traffic on the freeway.The Executive Director of the Group, Steven Masone said, “It’s like ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ all over again.” Masone referred to the Jack Nicholson Movie that was based on a true story at the old State Hospital, now a Museum. ” Where there’s smoke, there is fire, and we want transparency on illegal forced therapies like ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy. and Psych Drugs meant to control and not treat”
Steven Masone was instrumental in the California Bill AB 1032 in 1976 that outlawed forced ECT when he was previously with CCHR and saw recent cases of patients not being fully informed of their rights and voluntarily agreed to the barbaric procedure. Thus he applied for the open Executive Director position for CCHR Oregon to get action taken involving many Civil Rights complaints at the Salem Hospital. Masone is also a member of the RFK Jr team and said ” The Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr, has the authority to shut down any Hospital in the nation.” Masone also wants the Autopsy report on Skye Baskin “released ASAP!” see clip ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ https://youtu.be/fQBTEemrF1Y