Congratulations to John Chianelli, administrator of Milwaukee County’s Behavorial Health Division, who has now earned an entry in Chuck Shepherd’s famous “News of the Weird” column. Here’s the entry (accurately) describing Chianelli’s mental health policy for Milwaukee County:
Questionable judgments
— Standing firm under severe local criticism, John Chianelli (the chief mental-health administrator of Milwaukee County, Wis.) has begun housing aggressive males and vulnerable females together in the same unit. Chianelli defended his decision with research showing that, in similar facilities, female patients provided a civilizing influence that reduced males’ propensities to violence — at least males’ violence against other males.
Questionable and reprehensible, both.
I’ve posted about Chianelli’s policy, and the tragedy that is conduct at the MHC, before. See, A Milwaukee County Bureaucrat’s Immoral Utilitarianism, Update: A Milwaukee County Bureaucrat’s Immoral Utilitarianism, Update 2, Update 3, Update 4, Update 5, Update 6, Update 7, and Update 8.
Ribbon-cutting at Rogers Memorial Hospital, 6/25/08 W. Carl Templer, Rogers Memorial Hospital Board; Dan Devine, Mayor, City of West Allis; John Chianelli, Acting Administrator of Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division; Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton; Garry Anderson, Treasurer, Rogers Memorial Hospital Board; David L. Moulthrop, Rogers Memorial Hospital President/CEO; Kambiz Pahlavan, Medical Director of Rogers Memorial Hospital; Milwaukee, Martha S. Rasmus, Mental Health America of Wisconsin, President/CEO; and Paul Mueller, Rogers Memorial Hospital COO