6 more arrested in abuse probe at psychiatric hospital

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police have arrested six more staff members at a maximum-security psychiatric hospital in connection with the repeated abuse of a patient. A total of nine workers are now charged with cruelty to persons and disorderly conduct. Authorities on Tuesday night announced the new arrests of workers at the Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. The facility is the state's only maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. The arrests followed the suspensions of 31 employees earlier this year in connection with the abuse of the 62-year-old male patient. Authorities said abusive incidents were recorded by surveillance cameras.