Community Bridges

 Community Bridges is neglect and abuse , Unethical and inconsiderate in question. I was here on 72 hour hold and transferred, just because I wanted to sign myself out when I seeked help, in this facility with people struggling with homelessness, addiction, and severe mental health issues worse off then myself.

You're put in a police squad car and driving to community bridges just basically put in a huge room, with recliners and 50 people going unhinged all at once it seemed. The things I witnessed at community bridges had me in shock. They put me there on a 72 hour hold against my will on a wednesday and I was out Tuesday it was Hell on earth. This was it right against human rights were none in this place. I know the purpose of this place is to keep patients safe and is a mere holding spot till they find more permanent care, but this place was horrifying

I was only given the option to meet with a telehealth provider for 3 minutes to discuss why he was there .

The techs there wait for every chance they get to sedate patients or not give you your proper medication, I told them I take 600 MLs of Gabapentin and they didn't even believe me. And told me I looked manic. Well they stick you in a room full of unhinged people and you're basically just in chairs, no beds and nothing else. And I was not given my medication, how was I supposed to feel relaxed in such a situation? where it was like Jerry Springer and people fighting and screaming all day.

I couldn't believe seeing the techs argue back and antagonize the patients that actually needed help! They let anything go in there until someone is pounding on another.

The hard recliners are about 1-2ft apart, almost touching the person from every which way with nasty feet and pee soaked socks. People would pee on the floor or smear fecal matter everywhere, or spit on others.

Everyone is literally yelling and shouting all day and night. and when the doctors finally see you on a computer screen in an empty room they ask why you s

eem so manic. The water dispenser they had, had roaches crawling in and outside of it.

It looked like there was oil floating at the top of the drinking water, did not seem right. The bathroom were disgusting worse than a gas station and they hardly gave you toilet paper let alone give you annoying looks when you asked for a bar or soap to wash your hands.

They had to open the bathrooms for you every time. There was blood, piss, cum and fecal matter on the walls.

The 72 hours I was there, they did not clean or sanitize any of the recliners.They only give you one blanket and it smell like pee, and sitting across from me was a down syndrome woman putting all her snot on one of the blankets over and over, I thought I was gonna barf. The lady kept asking for help and medications and they ignored her cries for help which made her become more louder in asking.

You would get 10-20 minutes on the phone, in a room of 50 loud people and depending on whether or not the tech got along with you. Also if the phone was thrown or broke, you were all done for the day. Whhich a large lady did throw the phone in disrespect.

Just sitting in a chair with no activities or anything but a broken TV screen you could barely hear. I was put on a 72 hour hold on a wed and the weekends didn't count so I was basically held hostage. This was a traumatizing experience, and I felt bad for those who should of never been placed there in the first place. Treating the sick like prisoners and keeping them in chairs for days is not helping the community.