In re Champagne

The petitionee challenges his placement at the secure psychiatric unit (SPU), formerly the forensic unit, which is on the grounds of the State prison and is administered by the department of corrections. The petitionee killed his parents in October of 1983. Shortly thereafter, he was ordered confined at the forensic unit of the New Hampshire Hospital (NHH) to await trial. He was subsequently found to be incompetent to stand trial on criminal charges. State v. Champagne, 127 N.H. 266, 497 A.2d 1242 (1985). A description of the defendant’s bizarre delusions is set forth in that decision and…