New Hampshire Public Radio

Trial starts for former guard accused in 2023 death at NH's Secure Psychiatric Unit

Matthew Millar on the first day of his trial at Merrimack County Superior Court, June 17, 2025. Millar is accused of second-degree murder in the 2023 death of a patient at the state's Secure ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

They needed psychiatric care. Instead, they died after confrontations with NH corrections officers.

The Secure Psychiatric Unit sits on the grounds of the New Hampshire State Prison complex in Concord. It houses people with serious mental illness, but it isn't licensed as a medical facility. Since ...
Concord Monitor

Officer testifies in murder trial that she never saw colleague place knee on psychiatric patient

Former N.H. Corrections Officer Matthew Millar enters the Merrimack County Superior Court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Millar is charged with second-degree murder for causing the death of patient, Jason ...
Fox News

New Hampshire corrections officer faces murder charge after inmate dies in psych ward

Matthew Millar, a former corrections officer in New Hampshire, faces second-degree murder charges for allegedly causing the death of an inmate by kneeling on him in the psychiatric unit. The inmate, ...
Concord Monitor

Former prison guard Matthew Millar of Boscawen stands trial in death of patient at Secure Psychiatric Unit

Former N.H. Corrections Officer Matthew Millar enters the Merrimack County Superior Court on June 17. Millar is charged with second-degree murder for causing the death of patient, Jason Rothe at the ...