Typical Reader Commentary.

    "My son was in ASH with you and I agree with everything. Corey Nelson should have been placed there as a patient along with Joel Rudd. They falsified labs and treatment and Joel Rudd helped in violation of his rights and mine as guardian, where was the office of human rights in all this? They took me to court to get me removed as guardian so they could let him out of ASH. Joel Rudd was involved with all of the whole dirty bunch. The minute I started asking questions, they booted him (my son) out. Dr. Dingle is now in charge of ASH and he knew it was all going on at the time and did nothing, and neither did Joel Rudd. Thank god for your blog, and the reporter Dave Biscobing ABC news 15,  you two brought down the dirty bunch including , Judge Barbara Spencer, Joel Rudd, Corey Nelson and Donna Noriega. Now the prison system has become the new DBH." (November 30, 2016).

While PJ Reed Arizona State Hospital and Patient Abuse does not actually receive many reader comments, a total of less then fifty in fact since its inception in April, 2012, those comments have been overwhelmingly consistent with the tone of the one shared above.

A brief bit of history of this publication. Over the first few months of the life of this blog, only six comments were submitted by our earliest followers. All of these were veiled if not outright threats, e.g. "Someone needs to shut this a--hole up once and for all...." (May 04, 2012), clearly imposed by Hospital staff or other supporters of the now proven corruption at ASH that for years has compromised the quality of care there. After thanking the writers of those earliest comments for their given feedback, and encouraging them to provide any evidence to the effect that the data and information published herein is false, or conversely that the conditions and care practices at ASH had in any way improved, those writers basically disappeared. Exemplifying the cowardice of such persons, and representative of their depraved lack of character in all senses. 

Also noteworthy in the context of societally sanctioned sociopathy (See this blog: "NOTE: Societally Sanctioned Sociopathy." March 17, 2014; and "Societally Sanctioned Sociopathy." September 16, 2014)), the suggestion that it would serve the public interest well for individuals such as Cory "Crazy Cory corner..." Nelson and Joel "The Mortician-Angel of Darkness" Rudd to be committed to some nature of formal institutionalization on the basis of their known lack of conscience and associated willingness to increase the suffering of persons disabled by serious mental illness. As stated more then once in this publication, I have always favored prison terms, vs. hospitalization.

But whatever it may take to remove these Machiavellian offspring from the public milieu works for me.

IN CLOSING: It should be noted that of the "whole bunch" specifically mentioned in this readers's commentary, only Dr. Steven "Predator" Dingle remains on staff at ASH.

For the moment, that is. And there are, of course, a fair slew of new Rat Bastards deserving of due oversight today.

Awaiting primary source communications. More to be forthcoming soon. 

paoloreed@gmail.com

Of Lisa Wynn. Current Executive Quality Control Officer at Arizona State Hospital.

Lisa Wynn. Who was summarily fired in 2013 from her position as the Executive Director of the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners on the basis of allegations that she violated a number of state laws during her tenure in that position. Including but not limited to licensing unqualified applicants to the medical profession, 100% consistent with the criminal nature of former ASH executive Donna Noriaga (see below).

Lisa Wynn. Following which, she was appointed into the third ranking level of authority at Arizona's sole long term public mental health care facility.

Lynn Wynn. It's that bad.

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    "We have seen incredible improvements at the state hospital under Dr. Bowen’s and Dr. Dingle’s leadership and are tremendously proud of our entire team and their recovery oriented approach to patient care."

Arizona Department of Health Services. 

Dr. Cara Christ, Director. December, 2017.

      "Lisa Wynn, the executive director of the Arizona medical Board, is currently under investigation by our committee for unethical and egregious behavior. There have been many alleged complaints specifically against her. She clearly is trying to hide under the Guise of the medical Board, but her actions of deceit are her own. She has acted with bias and dishonesty on Board matters where she has no education to support her stance."

Arizona Medical Board (2013)

“Adios you crooked public safety hazard and good riddance." Public comment concerning Lisa Wynn’s being fired from the AZ Board of Medical Examiners (complaintsbaord.com)

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Incredible. Not only did the state continue to employ yet another clearly inept as hell official in this case, they went so far as to employ her despite her being front page news on more then one occasion due to her identified dishonest nature. There are are so many questionable issues in ASH’s current executive quality control officer’s very real history that it simply blows my mind, a history that is readily available on the web, glaring out the crappy nature of her character.                        

A long time employee of Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS, Department), Lisa Wynn has been central to a variety of very disturbing controversies dating back for more then ten years, including but far from limited to her being axed from the state of Arizona's Board of Medical Examiners in 2013 (the same organization that failed to reasonably discipline Dr. Steven Dingle for his sexually abusing women working under his authority at a private Phoenix hospital). It is apparent that so long as these sorts of people have no immediate conflict with the Department itself, Dr. Cara Christ sees no cause to limit their employment opportunities at Arizona State Hospital (ASH, Hospital). This was true, as well, when Christ's predecessor, Will “Yea, team!" Humble ran the show, hiring as he did persons such as Cory Nelson and Roger James Forney .

And while we are on it, there was a pretty strong rumor circulating at ASH during the termination period of Nelson in 2015, that he had an affair with another staff member, a younger woman. Rumors being rumors, there is no point in dwelling too much on that, but I can attest to observing him flirting rather obviously with female patients, namely my friend ————, who is attractive, young, and very vulnerable to such flirtation due to an aspect of her given psychological diagnosis.

And so far as I know, it may have been Ruby who was involved in the details of an ABC Ch15/KNVX story published in 2015, not long at all after Nelson and at least five other individuals were summarily fired due to their identified corruption. The story itself has a direct association with sexual misconduct, the role of ASH staff in disregarding such issues, and related civil rights. See: " Arizona state mental hospital patients engage in dangerous sexual activity." David Biscobing. ABC Ch15 June 5, 2015; and note along with all the other dirt exposed therein, this statement:

"The incident highlights the Arizona State Hospital's repeated failure to protect our state's most vulnerable adults."

While we are not yet certain when Lisa Wynn was granted an executive position at ASH, it is clear that this hiring occurred during sexual predator Dr. Steven Dingle's so called "leadership", if not in fact since Dr. Aaron Bowen was appointed as the Hospital's CEO. And as with the hiring of numerous other wrongdoers at ASH, it inevitably raises the question of why in the hell was she hired at all, and/or why did the Department continue to employ her after these arose?

We have tried to make clear in prior articles that the principal stakeholders in terms of the quality of care at ASH are the client-consumer-patients, all of whom deserve reasonably optimum treatment there, as per the public trust. Clearly, this trust has been breached time and time again, and in this specific matter, is wholly representative of the same issues exposed circa 2010-2015, in this blog, and elsewhere. A distinct showing of the graphic disconnect between the welfare and interests of the patient community at ASH and those upon whom they depend, be it Hospital psychiatrists and administrators, or officials in ADHS. Such disconnect is tantamount to that between the greater public and persons affected by serious mental illness, but one would feel same in assuming that this is not something we'd find in a hospital of any kind.

As stated, the appointment of the current executive quality control officer at Arizona State Hospital is yet one more bright line example of an individual allowed to work at ASH despite leaving a past position in a literal cloud of scandal. Just like former since-fired ASH chief executive officer, Cory Nelson, who was hired to that position by the Arizona Department of Health Services after identified as having been involved in a serious abuse of fiscal standards in the state of South Dakota (See: HSC Pay Raise Sparks Questions." Nathan Johnson. July 7, 2010. Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan; "Nelson One Of Two Officials Tied To Allegations." Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan. June 11, 2015.) Consistent, as well, with the sordid  history of another former since-fired ASH CEO, Donna Noriega, who was found in May, 2012, as being guilty of fraudulent conveyance of employee qualifications (see in this publication: "RE: Donna Noriega. Busted!" October 01, 2014; RE: Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. Case #2012-0047), only to be later promoted to ASH's chief executive officer from her prior position at that time as the Hospital's executive quality control officer. This is, of course, the same position that Lisa Wynn now occupies, and wouldn’t you know it, is the same specific reason for why Wynn was kicked off the Board of Medical Examiners- lying about the qualifications of applicants.

Without  again detailing the issue of Roger James Forney, a convicted sexual predator who ADHS hired and placed into the position of security guard at ASH following that conviction, only to be prosecuted and convicted a second time on the same charge  after working at ASH for over 15 months (and who is now serving time in prison on that basis), this  pattern of employing individuals who have criminal or other like records is an overtly standard practice of ADHS, which has again and again granted such individuals positions at ASH. Where they presume that the client-consumer-patients have no voice, due in part to their given disability, but as much so due to the dismally shortsighted character of at least some staff at ASH. This nature of belief is discriminatory, and differs little from the far longer history of prejudice against disabled people.  It's shocking to the core, but really no surprise given the history of this specific facility over the last 10 years, as discussed in this publication's extensive articles, and not to mention the history of public mental institutions in general.

This nature of disregard for such issues extends to the willingness of ADHS to defend wrongdoers, as personified by the formal response to the fact that Arizona citizens are paying attention to the history of the Hospital's chief medical officer, Dr. Steven Dingle. This response only clarifies why the pattern of employing wrongdoers is continuing despite the history specific to individuals such as Forney, Nelson, Noriega, and any number of other such persons working for the Department at this time. As follows:

   "The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is committed to providing a therapeutic environment while protecting the rights of our patients and staff. ADHS does not tolerate harassment towards any person and has a responsibility to defend the integrity of our staff when they are subjected to personal attacks. Dr. Aaron Bowen, Arizona State Hospital (ASH) Chief Executive Officer, did not prevent anyone from sharing comments or concerns during the Human Rights Committee (HRC) meeting. Dr. Bowen briefly intervened during the public comment phase to address highly defamatory statements about an incident that has been public record for 22 years. ADHS highly values patient feedback and takes patient concerns seriously. These defamatory statements were not based on any current complaints or allegations. 

    Dr. Steven Dingle is a statewide expert in behavioral health and provides exemplary care to patients at ASH. He has not had any complaints or allegations of sexual misconduct or harassment and there have been no personnel actions while working for ADHS over the past 16 years. We have seen incredible improvements at the state hospital under Dr. Bowen’s and Dr. Dingle’s leadership and are tremendously proud of our entire team and their recovery oriented approach to patient care."

                                                                                                                                                                  Arizona Department of Health Services. Dr. Cara Christ, Director.

"Dr. Bowen's and Dr. Dingle's leadership....: Man, is that rich. Dingle was present and working as the chief medical officer during that period of time when racially wrongful issues were occurring circa 2010-2015, if not longer. As such, under his so called leadership, hospital administrators (of which he is one, in fact) furthered a wide range of grossly unlawful care practices, which in no less then three cases led to the preventable deaths of both patients, and citizen members of the greater public. This is documented fact, and has been published in this blog since 2012.

Beyond being an admitted attempt to defend the history of this doctor, the  intent of this official statement to  justify ADHS' having continually employed Dr. Steven Dingle over the last sixteen years on the basis of the claim that there have been no complaints or allegations of sexual misconduct or harassment makes little sense. This is especially true when one looks at other known sexual predators currently in the news today, be it with respect for the Catholic church, Judge Roy Moore, Senator Al Franken, and so on. It is the very real fact that prior misconduct in this context is of such significance to the rights of women, children, and other vulnerable Americans who are subject to such abuse; and the given fact that such history represents outright depravity deserving of  nothing less then reasonable accountability. I contend that the sole reason for why Dingle got away with little more then a slap of the wrist stems from his being a licensed physician, and the fact that such professionals rarely experience legitimate discipline when peers members of such professions are the ones assigned to apply related oversight. 

There is also ample evidence to the effect that issues such as sexual abuse occurring within the confines of ASH are not being reported by ASH administrators, in patent defiance of law and policy. This is due in large part to the fact that Hospital administrators have imposed threats of retaliation to staff and patients alike should such persons express concerns or otherwise report such issues, in violation of state and federal law prohibiting such retaliation.

During my time at ASH, as I struggled to recover from the degree of crisis I was in upon my January 11, 2011, admission, including reviving my interest in my environment (and sense of civic duty) by reporting issues that I recognized as unlawful or otherwise detrimental to the welfare of myself and my patient-peers, more then one staff person who agreed with my concerns expressed very real fear for their job security when I would encourage them to contact media about such issues. This occurred despite my informing such staff of their federal protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. This is the degree to which ASH administrators abuse the rights of and frighten their employees in this context. 100%, utterly in violation of law and policy.

As importantly, the identified willingness of Department officials to suppress such expressions also directly contributes to why various events and incidents occurring at ASH never acquire public awareness. This is personified by the fact that following the involved patient's statement during the November 16, 2017, meeting of HRC (which is to, as per statute [ARS $$ 410-3803 and 3804], function independent of any state employee's influence),  an attorney for the state attempted to remove aspects of the record specific to the patient's statement. Evidence of this attempt exists in the form of  emails sent to HRC members following the above attempt, which attempt to compel HRC to remove that aspect of the minutes in order to avoid attention to this specific controversy. Ergo, I intend to file a complaint with the Arizona Bar Association about whoever in the Department's legal office engaged in this attempt, on behalf of the rights of the patient, as they stand. 

It certainly won't be the first time a Department employed attorney engaged in such misconduct, given the role of former-now fired ADHS lawyers Jennifer Alewelt and Jeff Bloomberg, both of whom went down with the ship circa spring 2015, along with Nelson, Noreiga, and a host of other like like villains. 

           

It is equally disturbing that this justification also claims that Christ has "seen incredible improvements at the state hospital under  Dr. Bowen's and Dr. Dingle's alleged “leadership". This, given that the current executive quality control officer, Lisa Wynn, was hired to work at ASH following Donna Noriega's  tenure in that specific position prior to being fired on the basis of her given dishonesty and abject failure to live up to the public trust by which she was employed.    

Why would the one's directly responsible for ensuring that the operation of ASH functions in a manner consistent with established medical standards, law and policy, go about hiring individuals who have records as shocking as the employees who were involved in the 2015 scandal? A scandal that a number of mental health advocates have characterized in recent years as "The ugliest public mental health care facility in the new millennium.”

I'll tell why. It has everything to do with abject absence of character and ethos, and the willingness to disregard the interests and care needs of Arizona citizens disabled by serious mental illness, in favor of preserving their own interests. Therein, essentially abusing the rights of the patient community, all of whom have been involuntary committed in a court of law to receive optimum medical care at ASH; persons highly vulnerable to abuse and negligence, who historically have been subjected to such mistreatment, by which the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act and other such standards of law have been enacted in order to diminish these issues.

In breaching the public trust by which every one of these individuals are employed, we are again witnessing what may well lead yet again to federal inspections and related sanction due to the fact that ASH is not meeting the standards by which the Hospital is licensed.

Along these lines- the possible need for further federal oversight and due accountability- it is of note that in the last meeting of the Hospital’s Human Rights Committee, Decmeber 21, 2017, another current patient named raised the issue of “inadequate staffing” on the basis of assaults- including a very recent stabbing- that only prevailed due to there not being enough staff on shift to fully keep an eye on all aspects of unit activity. This issue, violations of federally mandated staff to patient quotients, is precisely what got ASH got into trouble for circa 2013-14, in part at least.   

(On a related note, the Montana State Hospital was similarly sanctioned for this issue by the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services in January, 2017, a disciplinary action that the facility has yet to remedy (that hospital is still under sanction). As such, the issue of adequate staffing and does directly compromise both the safety of patients and staff alike. But only administrative staff, who have no threat in context because they basically occupy office settings removed from any patient setting, are responsible for the issue, which basically highlights why such facilities need to have sincerely ethical individuals in executive positions.)

Which leads us back to the known history of Lisa Wynn, the current executive quality control officer at ASH. It took no more then one simple Google search in her name for our staff to realize how dirty this woman’s background is, in fact, circa 2004-the present. We encourage readers to do the same.

The following information was drawn from several online web sites, each of which are included below.

1) This, from complaintsboard.com ("The most trusted and popular complaints web site".) The first passage is a formal posting to the 

site itself, dated October 23, 2017, by the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners itself;  while the following are several comments to that posting. 

“Public danger.” Posted by the Arizona Medical Board. Phoenix, AZ.

POSTING: "Lisa Wynn the executive director of the Arizona medical Board is currently under investigation by our committee or unethical and egregious behavior. There have been many alleged complaints specifically against her. She clearly is trying to hide under the Guise of the medical Board, but her actions of deceit are her own. She has acted with bias and dishonesty on Board matters where she has no education to support her stance."

COMMENTS:

2010: "Lisa Wynn is clearly an addict. She needs to go to rehabilitation and clean up her act. That is still no excuse for her irrational behavior and will need to face the proper consequences."

2010: "Hilarious. I have seen this woman in person, and she is totally unimpressive and interesting.”

2013: "She will now rot in hell literally as Phoenix is an oven anyhow. It is nice to see justice being played out, and Lisa Wynn got what she deserved. Better late than never. Adios you crooked public safety hazard and good riddance."

2014: "Lisa Wynn was terminated from the AZ Medical Board as she was incompetent, evil, and eventually got caught. She deserves everything she gets and has ruined many lives in AZ and is a danger to the public and needs to be put away."

2) This, from a 2014 article in Arizona's largest newspaper, The Arizona Republic.

“Arizona denies legal claim by ex-medical board director.” Yvonne Wingett Sanchez. The Arizona Republic Published 10:52 a.m. MT May 1, 2014 

“State officials have denied a request by the former executive director of the Arizona Medical Board to pay her attorney's fees and compensate her for the fallout from a report critical of her practices. Lisa Wynn was fired in October by the board that regulates and licenses physicians in Arizona. Her termination came days after release of a lengthy ombudsman report that found she and the board's former deputy director improperly reviewed doctors' education, work history and disciplinary actions, among other things.”

3) This, from a 2013 story aired by ABC Ch15/KNVX news, Phoenix, AZ.

“Lisa Wynn, Executive Director of the Arizona Medical Board, fired at meeting.” Joe Ducey. ABC Ch15. Oct 12, 2013.

PHOENIX - There's been a major shakeup involving the board that protects us against bad doctors. The Executive Director of the Arizona Medical Board was fired after a lengthy investigation claiming she broke more than a dozen state laws.

4) And this from the area's CBS news affiliate, KPHO, also aired in 2013.

“AZ Medical Board fires executive director.” Associated Press. CBS Ch13/KPHO. October 26, 2013.

“Lisa Wynn, the chief regulator in Arizona medical practice since 2008, was fired on Saturday evening. The Arizona Medical Board voted 5-4 to fire her.

Wynn, who officially served as the executive director for the Arizona Medical Board, took the brunt of the blame in a state report investigating possible shortcuts the board took to issue medical licenses. The report, released on Wednesday by the Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens' Aide, found the state medical board's staff violated rules and statutes while awarding licenses and renewals to thousands of Arizona physicians.

According to the report, some of the key information Wynn and her staffed failed to properly address included doctors' education and illegal dispensations of prescription drugs. The ombudsman's report also alleged that Wynn's staff purposely violate state laws in order to speed up the licensing process. The discoveries outlined in the 192-page investigation could mean thousands of physicians currently practicing medicine in Arizona are unqualified.”

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That bad, could not make it up if I had to. Continual hiring and employment of the arguably worst people in the business. People who very likely cannot secure employment anywhere else. Verifying the fact that state operated mental hospitals even today attract persons with abjectly depraved character, with full support of state agencies, offering as such safe haven where such individuals can carry on with little to no fear of oversight or accountability. To the direct detriment of the highly vulnerable to abuse and negligence persons forced to receive "treatment" in such places.  

You might think we are still somewhere in the 18th century.

Or a third world country.

But we are not. 

It is 2017. This is America. 

The staff of PJ Reed The Arizona state Hospital and Patient Abuse is willing to share the suspicion that it was Aaron Bowen himself who hired a woman identified as being involved in unlawfully licensing unqualified applicants to the medical profession.  And it is our heightened belief that even Bowen is arguably unqualified as the CEO at ASH (no stretch of the imagination- Cory Nelson had no such qualifications, and yet….). We are working to clarify when, how, and why Lisa Wynn was granted an executive  position at Arizona's sole long term public mental health care facility, and will happily publish all such information as soon as we have it in our possession. 

IN CLOSING: We  will revisit these issues within 24 hours. In the meantime, let it be known that Arizona State Hospital is on the verge of again becoming a nationalized scandal specific to ongoing abuses of the rights and welfare of persons affected by mental illness in the public health care system. 

paoloreed@gmail.com

Continued: Aaron Bowen is very much in our sights by now. 

Beginning with one Lisa Wynn, the current chief quality officer at Arizona State Hospital. 

Who was fired in 2013 as the Executive Director of the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners (BOMEX) for violating a number of state laws specific to her required duties in that position. Including but not limited to qualifying the licensure of less then qualified medical doctors. 100% consistent with what former ASH CEO Donna Noriega- who had also previously served the position of chief quality officer at ASH- was found guilty of by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners (case #2012-0047), willfully and knowingly granting a personal friend a social worker position at ASH despite that individual not being qualified for such responsibility.  

While the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners- go figure- is the same Board that slapped the Hospital's longstanding chief medical officer, Dr. Steven Dingle, on the wrist in relation to his known sexual abuse of women.

Wynn. Fired from BOMEX (which made front page news in the Arizona Republic, 2013), only to be subsequently hired to an administrative position at ASH. 

Aaron Bowen 2017. It's that bad.

I could not make this shit up if I had to. 

More to be forthcoming in the next few days. 

WE WARNED YOU, BOWEN. YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH CHANCES TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 

OUR TURN NOW. HAPPY HOLIDAY.

paoloreed@gmail.com

Aaron Bowen is very much in our sights by now. 

BULLYING HRC- TSK TSK TSK- AS THOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE STANDARDS OF HIPAA. 

ANYONE SEEKING TO FURTHER THE ATTENTION ON HIM AT THIS TIME, INFORMATION, THAT IS, ABOUT QUESTIONABLE ISSUES THAT HE OR HIS STAFF ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR,  FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE AND MORE DEEPLY PUBLICIZE THE ISSUES AT STAKE. YOU CAN BE ANONYMOUS, OR IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN PUBLISH YOUR INFORMATION IN YOUR NAME HERE IN THE BLOG. 

100% FOR FREE.

WE WARNED YOU, BOWEN. YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH CHANCES TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 

OUR TURN NOW. HAPPY HOLIDAY.

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"Hypersexual" Dr. Steven Dingle. The Document. 

Arizona Board of Medical Examiners Investigation #9412.
Mark R. Speicher, Elaine Hugginin presiding. 

The Following is a partial reprint of an article originally published on December 08, 0214. In the original, we were unable to bring up the formal hearing report specific to sexual predator Dr. Steven Dingle's being found guilty of sexual abuse and harassment in May, 2997. Thanks to the good folks at ABC Ch 15 (Phoenix), however, we are now able to share that document in full. 

"Oh, never mind... 

I was just being my normal hyper sexual self."

Dr. Steven Dingle.  

Wherein, on May 8, 1997, the long running chief medical officer at Arizona State Hospital was found guilty of violating state and federal law. This after having sexually abused no less then four women under his authority at a Phoenix Hospital. When the stove got too hot for this dirt bag in 1995, he resigned his position at a private Phoenix hospital, and holed up like so many other rapscallions (Cory Nelson, Donna Noriega come to mind) in the Arizona Department of Health  Services.  

As I have clarified more then once in past articles, Dr. Steven Dingle was party to all aspects of wrongdoing and associated substandard conditions at Arizona State Hospital circa 2010-2015. As the chief medical officer, assigned as such to be fully aware of all of ASH's day to day operational features, this is simply the case.

The breadth of this wrongdoing is expansive. But I am willing to point to the covered up escape of ASH patient Jesus Rincon Murietta in 2011 as a glaring example of what some of these people have gotten away with; wherein Dingle and his associate medical and administrative staff blatantly failed to meet the psychiatric medical standard of Duty to Warn the public. By allowing this fact to be shrouded in the corrupted minds of ASH's medical staff, their behavior did as a matter of plain fact contribute to the subsequent death April Mott. Given his status as chief medical officer, wherein he has full authority over all formal medical operational decisions, no one such staff person has as much responsibility as Dingle does in this context.

Forney's 2013 mug shot.

Similarly, oh so much so, we only have to look at the fact that ASH employed a known- as in convicted prior to his employment at ASH- child sexual predator, one Roger James Forney (2010-2013- he is now in prison);  as well as more recent data about sexual assaults and other like issues that ABC Channel 15 has produced on the public light. I could not make this up if I had to. It is still... beyond me, these people.

Even today, Dingle is avoiding reasonable accountability.  Because his immediate supervisor, Aaron Bowen, for whatever reason doesn't feel that any of these facts matter when it comes to the welfare of ASH's patient community.  Which is precisely what Dingle and his kind desire, seeking places such as the Arizona State Hospital to engage in their nefarious misbehavior, where the vast majority of what goes on is kept secret.

"What happens at ASH stays at ASH"

......As I heard it said by staff on far more then one occasion.

Dingle and company love this shit. It gives them the opportunity to inflict, inflict, inflict. He is an abuser, and this pattern of conduct is 100% consistent with known abuser behavior across the board.

I would ask that ASH chief executive officer Dr. Aaron Bowen and Arizona Department of Health director Dr. Cara Christ take into account the fact that in this day in age, the presence of abusers such as Dingle are being taken to account, in government, media, and on the sordid story goes. Knowing all we do about Dingle's abject lack of character, what grants these highly entrusted state employees the right to turn a blind eye to the risks associated with this Rat Bastard?

Do the right thing. While you can.

paoloreed@gmail.com

Dr. Aaron Bowen. And Steven "Hypersexual" Dingle, Sexual Predator.  

Wherein, based on emergent information about the current Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Aaron Bowen, at Arizona's sole long term public mental health care facility, I would ask that the public take a good hard look at whether or not this entrusted individual is legitimately up to prioritizing the interests of Arizona State Hospital's patient community over those of the historically corrupt administrators responsible for the operation of ASH. 

This concern- whether the current head administrator over the operation of ASH possesses sound background and character specific to the responsibility(s) associated with this position- is of serious relevance to not only the wellbeing of ASH patients, but as importantly, patients' families, as well as the “good staff” at ASH who suffer unlawful pressure from hospital managers and administrators to make sure that "Whatever happens at ASH stays at ASH."

Important, as well, to the general public. This significance is based in part due to the tragic death of April Mott in late August, 2011, who was murdered by an escaped patient named Jesus Rincon Murietta. In the days immediately following this man's violent escape from ASH, the escape itself was covered up ASH administrators, such as (since fired) Cory Nelson and Donna Noriega, and senior ranking medical staff, namely the Hospital’s chief medical officer, Dr. Steven Dingle. 

The plain fact is, Ms. Mott had no direct connection to any element of the Arizona State Hospital's grossly substandard care practices outside of the impact of the willingness of said administrators to put the safety and welfare of the public behind their own criminally selfish interests. Had these highly entrusted state employees possessed any modicum of care for the public, versus possessing nothing other then vile and decrepit selfishness, Ms. Mott would be alive today. 

And by the way, Dr. Bowen. Steven Dingle is a sexual predator. Little different from Roger James Forney, convicted sexual predator of children.

Roger James Forney.
ASH security Guard 2010-2013
Convicted sexual child predator.
Now in prison.

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Introduction: It is bad enough that the long standing chief medical officer at Arizona State Hospital, Dr. Steven Dingle,  got away with his part in covering up the escape of Jesus Rincon Murietta in May, 2011, failing as such to meet his very real legal obligations as a licensed psychiatrist and the established  medical standard, Duty To Warn. Bad enough, too, that neither Dingle nor any other of ASH's psychiatric staff were included in the early 2015 firing of six other individuals directly associated with the operation and substandard conditions there. This is  very disturbing given that as per hospital policy, patients are required to report issues of concern to their assigned ASH psychiatrists before seeking to file grievances.

In my own experience when I was an ASH patient (2011-12), I did in fact take my earliest concerns to my first attending psychiatrist, Dr. Laxman Patel, who blatantly disregarded those concerns with comments such as "Don't worry about anything other then your own treatment... What? Do you think you can change the system?; my second attending psychiatrist, Dr. Pervaiz Akhter, who stated more then once "Who do you think you are? There is nothing you can do about it."; my third attending psychaiarist, Dr. Lynn Lydon, who expressed her disinterest in wrongdoing with the statement "I personally don't care much for rules."; as well as my fourth and final attending psychiatrist at ASH (yes, they definitely panned me to one after another attending doctor due, as I see it, to my ongoing willingness to express concern in this context, with absolutely no regard for the concept of continuity of care), Dr. Sylvia Dy, who, quite frankly, was unable to understand or speak english to such a degree that there was no point in me even trying to communicate with her about such issues. I have said it before: I could not make this shit up if I had to. This proves my point that these highly entrusted medical providers have as much knowledge as any other Hospital employee about such issues of concern.

But to add the reality of recent history, the documented fact that Dingle has on a number of occasions engaged in sexually harassing and abusing the rights of females under his authority is utterly nauseating. This is a man entrusted by Arizona taxpayers to oversee the welfare of a highly vulnerable to abuse and negligence population, wherein state and federal laws have been enacted over the last fifty years designed to diminish the presence of such issues. It is known fact that sexual abusers and predators rely on such vulnerability in terms of satisfying their depraved desires. And yet, there we find him, the highest ranking medical officer in a state mental hospital., carrying on as though he's unbridled by the standards of civil society and American culture.

With the policy of having to turn to your assigned psychiatrist when issues of concern arise in mind, each and every ASH patient, all of whom are hands down the central stakeholders in terms of the quality of care at ASH, rely very heavily upon their assigned psychiatrist to ensure that their given welfare is prioritized. And as such, with respect for recent history, each and every ASH psychiatrist was 100% complicit in condoning the issues that led to those firings. And yet somehow, the person responsible for addressing those issues, Dr. Cara Christ (Director, Arizona Department of Health Services [ADHS, Department]), saw no just cause to hold these doctors accountable for their undeniable role in it all, instead laying the blame on non-medical staff (and one nurse supervisor). This was an example of classic scapegoating if ever we might come upon it.

Current ADHS Director
Dr. Cara Christ

Less then two weeks ago, a current patient at Arizona State Hospital (ASH [Hospital]) raised concern over the fact that Dingle has a publicly documented record of sexually abusing younger, less empowered women, which for all practical purposes defines him as a known sexual predator. Upon the patient voicing that reasonable concern, as per his or her sense of civic duty, and not to mention his or her first amendment right to free speech, the current CEO of the Hospital, Dr. Aaron Bowen, interfered with the patient’s expression of this concern, in an overt attempt to defend Dingle’s history in context. 

Shortly after this specific incident was reported by David Biscobing of ABC Ch15 (Phoenix), the Department issued its own defense of Dingle, utterly deferring the facts to its own convenience, rather then acknowledging the reality as it stands in the record.  Given the recent developments and national attention being given to the insidious presence of sexual predation on women in government,  media, and elsewhere throughout the fabric of American culture, it shocks the conscience to consider why this is the case.  But this is the case, and we the staff of Arizona State Hospital and Patient Abuse find it unacceptable.

The issue of Dingle's documented record as a sexual predator (Arizona Board of Medical Examiners cace #9412) has been reported by this publication since 2014, which is when the staff of this publication discovered said documented record; and most recently in articles produced on December 08 and December 14, 2017. We have also confirmed that these most recent articles about Dingle’s record as a sexual predator are what triggered the interest and concern of the involved patient. We appreciate this brave patient's fortitude, and wish to assure he or she that we are willing to do whatever might be necessary to ensure that they suffer no more such abuse from Aaron Bowen, or anyone else of such status. 

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I  will begin this article with a little history. In 1997, Dr. Steven Dingle- who has been the chief medical officer at Arizona State Hospital (ASH) for over ten years- was found guilty of violating state and federal law specific to sexual abuse and harassment by the state’s Board of the Medical Examiner. Despite the significance of this finding, only a few years later, the Department of Health Services (ADHS, Department) chose to employ this man, a known sexual predator, as a treating psychiatrist at ASH. His hiring in this case in consistent with the fact that state mental hospitals are safe havens for persons with questionable, even criminal, backgrounds. 

For example, in 2011, ADHS hired one Roger James Forney , a convicted child sexual predator, to work at ASH as a security guard. Subsequently, after being hired by ADHS, in 2013  Forney was convicted a second time after the discovery in his apartment of extensive photos of child pornography. This too was reported in this publication at that point in time (see “Roger James Forney. One Example of Filth.” November 04, 2013.), and in several other articles, as well.

 Former, since fired
ASH CEO/ADHS official
Cory Nelson

Roger James Forney's
2013 mug shot.

In late summer, 2011, one business day after a formal grievance document prepared on my behalf by a state employed human rights advocate named John Gallagher was submitted to the administrators of ASH, Steven Dingle and the then Chief Executive Officer, Cory Nelson (who was fired several years later, see below) blatantly ignored Hospital protocol by transferring me against my wishes from the unit I had very appropriately been admitted to, Palo Verde unit, based on my given diagnosis of major depressive disorder to one of the most dangerous units at ASH, Desert Sage, a unit formally designated to treat persons with acute psychosis. I contend the obvious, that this action constituted overt retaliation on the basis of the above described grievance filing. As such, this action occurred in gross violation of my protections under the Americans With Disabilities Act, which patently forbids any action so much as resembling retaliation when any disabled individual opposes the practice() of a medical provider.

Former, since fired
ASH CEO
Donna Noriega

In early 2015, following three years of federal intervention, no less then six individuals directly associated with the operation of Arizona State Hospital were summarily fired on the basis of evidence to the effect that they were all complicit in allowing for the facility to operate in defiance of state and federal law, as well as established medical standards. Of note in those firings was the ouster of then current ASH chief executive officer Donna Noriega and her immediate predecessor Cory Nelson, both of whom were suspected of everything from destroying public documents to perjury and fraudulent dispersal of public information. They and their associate lawbreakers in this scandal were fired by the then incoming Director of Arizona Department of Health Services, Dr. Cara Christ, who was was appointed by equally incoming governor Doug Ducey in January, 2015.

Will "Yea Team!" Humble
Former since fled Director
 ADHS
2009-2015

Christ's appointment came about after the unexpected resignation- with little to no notice- of one Will Humble, under whose authority the Hospital had been operating far short of the expectations of the citizens of Arizona, including ASH's patient community, as per the public trust. Ironic, indeed (but far from surprising), that beyond continually pouring undue praise onto the Rat Bastards who ran ASH under his stewardship, whereby, most of whom were targeted in the spring 2015 scandal, that this man would state that he believes he left ADHS "In good shape..." 

Following these actions, Christ appointed Dr. Aaron Bowen to the position of ASH's Chief Executive Officer. It has been not quite three years since these in-house appointments went down, supposedly in the name of meaningful reform in relation to the known fact that ASH was at that time- spring 2015- on the verge of losing its federally required licensure. Sadly, there has been far less good news in terms of what has transpired since then, then there has been anything resembling evidence of actual improvements. What we have seen falls directly along the lines of the same propagandized language that the facility relied upon in the years immediately preceding its recent demise; including the still current buzz term, Center of Psychiatric Excellence, and other such claims by a classically bureaucratic administration that even today is attracting deep seated criticism by patients and their families, the Hospitals Human Rights Committee, and we, the staff of Arizona State Hospital and Patient Abuse.

Now, I will take a moment describing the role of ASH's Human Rights Committee (HRC).

FACT: When I was hospitalized at ASH, from January 11, 2011, to February 21, 2012, there was no functioning HRC at ASH, in graphic defiance of this being a requirement of law. It was only after I submitted a legal memo to former ADHS Director Will Humble dictating the applicable law in summer, 2012, that he abided by said law and established HRC at ASH.  

The following is a section of the applicable statute (one can view it in its entirety on the state's official website).

R9-21-105. Human Rights Committee. According to A.R.S. §§ 41-3803 and 41-3804.  

       A. The Administration shall establish human rights committees to
provide independent oversight to ensure that the rights of clients 

and enrolled children are protected. The Administration shall

establish at least one human rights committee for each region and 
the Arizona State Hospital.

     B. Each human rights committee shall be composed of at least seven and not more   
than 15 members. At least two members of the committee shall be clients or former clients, at least two members shall be relatives of clients, two members shall be parents of enrolled children and at least three members shall have expertise in one of the following areas: psychology, law, medicine, education, special education, social work, or behavioral health services.    

     E.  No employee of individual under contract with Administration,   
regional authority, or service provider may be a voting member of a committee.

I was made aware of this fact- the law itself- by the same human rights advocate mentioned above (John Gallagher) when I was in my last few months at ASH, circa late 2011. I contacted an individual in the Department at that time and inquired as to why there was no functioning HRC at ASH. The woman I spoke to advised me that the sole reason for this was "Because nobody is interested in taking part….”, a claim that his since been prover as patently untrue. Rest assured that if this requirement had been enforced then and there, a wide variety of issues would have been reasonably addressed, by me, via the presence of HRC had it excited then). It was not until I discharged from ASH in late February, 2012, that I actually had the opportunity to study the relevant sestet (law), which compelled me to draft a legal memo to then acting ADHS Director Will Humble , demanding that an HRC be established. This did occur in relatively short time fooling that communication. (The staff of this publication has remained in contact with the Chair person of HRC, who was appointed at the time of the establishment of HRC in 2012, and who has since that time diligently maintained her given responsibility in defiance of the attempts of various ASH administrators to cow her into silence and submission.)

As the above section of this standard of law dictates, the HRC is to provide INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT in terms of the rights and care needs of ASH's patients. Such independent oversight is critical to the function of any publicly managed agency, in order to ensure that the tax payers who support the existence of such agencies have a clear avenue by which to know that their interests are being met. When it comes to persons affected by disability, this need amplifies in paradoxical coincidence, given the fact that such populations have historically been abused, neglected, and otherwise subject to harm.

In achieving reasonable independence, the HRC memberships must as per the law include members of the greater public, patient family members, at least one actual (current) patient, and other like sources not subject to undue influence of the state itself: "No employee under contract with the Administration, regional authority, or service provider may be voting member of the committee."

But how does Aaron Bowen feel about the clearly parameters of this standard of law and policy? As described in ABC 15's recent coverage of sex scandals at ASH, upon the willingness of current ASH patient/HRC member to express concern about longtime ASH chief medical officer Dr. Steven "Hypersexual" Dingle, who has a very real record of being a sexual predator, this is what happened in a recent meeting of the HRC:

"lArizona State Hospital CEO Dr. Aaron Bowen interjected by saying, 'I can’t have folks calling my CMO a sexual predator in public', according to audio of the meeting obtained by ABC15."  (ABC Ch15 December 14, 2017. David Biscobing.)

Bowen's interference with the patient in this instance was wrongful, arguably egregious, in fact. The United States Bill of Rights, Amendment One, provides American citizens across the board- including persons institutionalized in state mental hospitals- the right to exercise speech, and prohibits government- including employees of state agencies- from abridging this right. Why the chief executive officer of ASH would not be aware of this right, I cannot easily fathom. And yet, there it is.

Bowen's interference also contradicts the statutory law by which the HRC functions (see above: R9-21-105. Human Rights Committee. According to A.R.S. §§ 41-3803 and 41-3804). This willful interference may not have constituted an actual vote, but it does have the potential to effect the HRC's voting procedures, ergo implying another element of Bowen's unlawful conduct.  All the patient sought to do was express opinion and reasonable concern, as per his or her first amendment right, which is especially preserved in public settings. This only solidifies my suspicion that Bowen and his superiors in the Department are out to try and pull the same garbage as the prior administrators at ASH.

Specifically, in her relatively short tenure of as the Hospital's CEO, Donna "since fired" Noriega, was known to use intimidation and outright threats to the function of HRC, threats that extended at times to her belief that she could terminate the positions of members at her discretion. By engaging in such undue conduct,  Noriega and her numb-skulled associate  Cory Nelson, (also fired in spring 2015) went far beyond simply turning a blind eye towards issues of serious concern, their given malfeasance that extended well into the realm of literally furthering such issues by willfully covering them up. This occurred though patterns of misleading federal authorities and defying the tenets of the public trust by which they were employed. All of it representative of a cavernous disconnect between the rights and care needs of their specific clientele, to the direct detriment of the general welfare of the entire ASH patient community, each and every one of whom is disabled under state and federal law.

The staff of this publication contend that  Bowen's conduct in this matter matches that of Noriega in this context. Serious stuff.  

Aaron Bowen may  or may not meet the requisite character and ethos to meaningfully provide optimum care to the ASH patient community. This is something that should become readily evident in the near future, as the story about Dingle evolves. We, of course will stay on that.

But one thing is certain in the meantime. Bowen is most definitely a bureaucrat. Herein take a glance at his basic background, as provided by the non-profit organization, David's Hope.

Dr. Aaron Bowen PsyD completed his Doctor of Psychology with a Forensic Certification. Dr. Bowen has worked and trained in several correctional facilities in Chicago, IL and Phoenix, AZ. He also worked for and managed the SMI Determinations Unit at Magellan Health Services and served as Director of Clinical Analytics, Outcomes and Integration. Dr. Bowen provided services and consultation for the AZDBHS, the RBHAs and the Social Security Administration. He has conducted approximately 2,500 psychological evaluations for Social Security Disability. Dr. Bowen currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Arizona State Hospital and the Deputy Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services.

David's Hope states on its website that "Reducing incarceration and promoting treatment for those with mental illness and addictions in Arizona and across the nation is our vision." Which of course sounds great (right?). But if we go to the meat of this one detail of Bowen's resume', it only clarifies that he has as much if not more experience in corrections- and the monstrously bureaucratic Social Security System for crying out loud-  then anything and anywhere else. Undeniably consistent with the resume of the other former ASH CEO who was fired in spring 2015, Cory Nelson.

It is the opinion of this publication and a host of established advocacy groups that state hospitals are no place for people coming out of the corrections industry. Which corrections ala' the prison system is, an industrial complex that has historically sought to house, as though cattle, individuals convicted of crime, versus in any way treat persons affected by illness of any kind and much less so disability. The deeply jaded history of America's prisons speaks for itself, but who is it that speaks for the patients in settings such as ASH? Individuals such as Aaron Bowen?

It's also crucial to understand that the corrections industry is increasingly seeking to privatize its general operations in order to make corporate profits a priority over the rights and interests of inmates. This is readily evident on a national level, but Arizona is somewhat leading the way. Any coincidence, this fact, and the plan of ADHS and ASH to privatize a proportion of the Hospital rather then focus on improving the conditions of the facility as it already exists? Spinning as they have the whole facade that ASH has somehow flipped in only three years from what some advocates characterize as the site of the ugliest public mental health care facility scandal in the new millennium to a Center of Psychiatric Excellence?

Which flies in the face of what the families of ASH current patients are asking for right now,  who have made clear the need for not only more publically funded beds at ASH itself, (See "Parents of mentally ill plead for expanded services at Arizona State Hospital." Kate Campbell. Arizona Capital Times. November 24, 2017); as well concerns expressed by the general public, who have noted the need for expanded services in publicly funded services throughout the state. (See "Seize the moment to get more services for the most seriously mentally ill." Guest column authored by the parents of seriously mentally ill children and members of the Association for the Chronically Mentally Ill. Arizona Capital Times. December 14, 2017.)

Knowing what we do about how privatization has impacted public services of virtually any form, in accompaniment with the inhumane nature of bureaucratic systems of governance, it is clear that the current CEO of ASH is as if not more disconnected to the patient community then even Cory Nelson was, this on the ironic basis of so called qualifications. This should be of serious concern to anyone with a sincere interest on the welfare of ASH patients across the board.

As included in the ABC Ch15 report about the Dingle scandal, the public also has ample opportunity to consider the quality of Arizona Department Of Health Services at this time by considering the tone of its official response to ABC in context. As noted above, Dr. Cara Christ is the current director of Arizona Department of Health, appointed by the governor in early 2015 after the hasty departure of Will Humble. This publication has in the past encouraged Christ to legitimately bring reformation to the patterns of corruption that ASH is known for today. And she in turn, did on one occasion (at least) contact us, offering no assurance of her commitment in context, instead begging our willingness to presume that things were already better. Which we did, even not in utter presumption. But today we have more to consider, given that  Christ would have rubber-stamped the official response of ADHS to this most recent scandal at ASH, offered herein, in part:

       'Dr. Steven Dingle... has not had any complaints or allegatons of sexual misconduct or harassment and there have been no personnel actions while working for ADHS over the past 16 years...."

What is the good of this? The real question(s) has little to do with what the last sixteen years look like. For one thing, why should the public presume that Dingle has not been engaged in any such conduct at ASH (or elsewhere) anyway, given the known state sanctioned secrecy about wrongdoing that has characterized ASH in recent years? 

The question(s) as such, is why the hell was this man hired in the first place? Why was the risk of hiring a man with this known history- when it was recent in fact- even taken? Is this case in any way akin to that of Roger James Forney, who was hired by ADHS in 2011 to work at ASH within one year of his being convicted of sexual exploitation of children? Is it, thus, acceptable practice for the state to hire such monsters and then hope for the best? (Forney as again identified and convicted in 2013 for further engaging in his disgusting behavior.) And then (!) come to their defense when they are in fact exposed for who and what they are?

It is clear from the record, that the only reason Dingle got away with a literal slap on the wrist has to do with his being a freaking doctor. It is a known feature to the medical profession that if there's any one thing doctors hate to do, it is to criticize their peers. Just as none of the staff psychiatrists at ASH were included in the alleged process of cleanup that occurred in spring 2015, it is apparent that even now, Christ and her underling Aaron Bowen ("I can't have folks calling my CMO a sexual predator.....") are going to do whatever they have to in order to suppress the truth, merely so as to preserve the interests of their peers no matter how ugly that truth.

It is high time that Dr. Christ cease and desist in carrying on in her role in the same way that her chicken shit predecessor did. Have some courage, for God's sake, have some compassion. Diminish your given status as a mere cog in the bureaucracy, and stand out in the public interest.

Just do the right thing, already.

IN CLOSING: The Arizona State Hospital and Patient Abuse is currently experiencing one of the largest surges in public readership in its history, over five hundred "dedicated visits" in the last 56 hours (as per the format that the blog is produced on, such is defined as ten or more minutes of viewing of no more then one posted article.) Indeed, this recent upswing is comparable to the last time the hammer fell at ASH. A time for further reckoning is clearly arising, and as usual, we the staff of this BLOG are going to be right here to make sure it all hits the public flood lights. 

I also know that David Biscobing and his associates at ABC Ch15 are taking a good hard look at the matter as it already stands. Thanks to them, ergo. We will as we always have share our data as it evolves, for we do fairly well share the common objective of seeing that the ones running ASH don't get away with abusing the rights and interests of the highly vulnerable to abuse and neglect patient community there. Bowen's treatment of the patient who expressed his or her opinion in the above described HRC meeting is representative of such abuse;  and is inhumane, criminal in nature, and overwhelmingly in defiance of the public trust.

More later. Thanks as always to all of the good staff at ASH who day and day out, some of you for years (and I know who you are), strive to better the experiences of all ASH patients across the board. Without you few (it was few when I was there....), we'd be lost.

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