Related to Use of Force and Disciplinary Measures, filed September 23, 2013. Inmates with mental illness, who make up 40 percent of the jail population,
Experts consulted for this report believe
the following provisions: A clear statement of the agencys
defendants had to be aware of the serious side effects multiple
force on our own terms, not the terms of what the law requires or what sound
He was held naked
Increase transparency and promote better
Improve conditions in prisons and jails to provide all inmates
characteristics.
1997a, the Special Litigation Section of the
a.m., Lopez appears to have another seizure. in serious, urgent and necessary cases as a last resort after having previously
2005-CP-40-2925, slip op, filed Jan.
deadly use of tasers. Report of
Jeff
Craig
instead of providing appropriate mental health care, [the Pennsylvania
Agency policies that authorize the use of chemical sprays often fail to provide
Greer conducted an investigation
omitted; staff who witness an incident say nothing; supervisors do not
The effectiveness of their work is also often impeded
situations until the inmate can be transferred to a psychiatric hospital: Use
County jailers more likely to
consequences. violation of the Eighth Amendment. agency website.
Psychosis may render a prisoner incapable of understanding
therapy and structured educational, recreational, and life-skill enhancing. correctional mental health staff become quick to see malingering or manipulation
many factors, including the nature and severity of the symptoms, the
physiological harms including severe mental deterioration, psychotic
can occur in a volatile situation to cause correctional officers to react more
2005-CP-40-2925, Order, filed Jan. 8, 2014, p. 18. restraints can be lethal, with death resulting from cardiac difficulties,
2:12-cv-00859-LMA-ALC, filed
may cause intense distress, be accompanied by psychosis, or substantially
[317]Jones v. Gusman, United States District Court for the Eastern District
[14], In specific correctional systems the proportion of
mistreatment, and even cavalier disregard of the wellbeing of prisoners with
on Segregation of Prisoners with Mental Illness, December 2012, http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/MH/Documents/2013_04_AC_06c_APA_ps2012_PrizSeg.pdf
inmate. The court awarded Ramirez $5,500 in compensatory damages for
[74]
In one incident, deputies
him to return the tray would be disproportionately harsh. [328]
3:13-995, Information, filed November 12, 2013. [358]United
The recommendation
[117]
manage prisoners calmly and professionally, including prisoners who engage in
force can also be considered reasonable accommodation to prevent the
Court for the Middle District of Florida, case no. degrading treatment by corrections agencies. standards, and may not require intentional conduct like the Eighth Amendment
him to cuff up wanted to harvest his organs, and he resisted even when being
worked at the prison between 2008 and 2011 told the press that guards at the
his hands, allegedly breaking three of his fingers. American Correctional Association, 2003); and Standards of Adult Local
States v. Smith, United States District Court for the District of South
7, states [n]o one shall be subjected
death, December 18, 2014, http://coloradosprings.com/3m-settlement-reached-in-colorado-inmates-death/article/1543323
hospitals. He urinated on his mattress and on the floor of his cell, smeared
[200]
from Pablo Stewart, M.D., to Human Rights Watch, March 30, 2015. Those alternatives include
1, the goals and requirements of the convention are similar to those
into the circumstances surrounding Laudmans death. v.
to maintain their self-respect and emotional equilibrium in correctional environments
), American Correctional Association, (Lanham, MD: American Correctional
restrained his arms and legs behind his back, sprayed him with OC spray
Warnings for Law Enforcement,
For example, according to his lawyer, Jerry
among state
establish strong working relationships based on mutual respect, they can
2013. tactical exercise to a punitive and retaliatory exercise. Erica Goode,
[337]
Schizophrenia is a complex disease which may include disordered thinking or
He was thereafter returned to the chair, released
for New York Citys Department of Correction, announced the end of
Additionally there are documents directing the conduct of law enforcement
relief.[294]. hallucinations and delusions, Lopez was sent twice to the San Carlos
threat to the safety of the deputy or others and is not resisting by use of
custody staff to use force. used but not reported; if reported it is reported inaccurately with key facts
in a restraint chair with his ankles and waist strapped to the chair and took
[140]T.R.
randomly review individual use of force incidents to assess compliance with
[315]Jones v. Gusman,
compared to other prisoners, they are disproportionately at risk of being
2:90-cv-00520, Deposition of Eldon Vail, filedOctober 2, 2013, p. 139. [325]
three times as many individuals with mental health problems as do state mental
Some individuals with clinical conditions have
hospitals and prisons. Brown v. Plata, 131 S. Ct. 1910 (E.D. 38, no. Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission v.
action complaint provides numerous other examples. 2005-CP-40-2925, slip op, filed Jan. 8, 2014, p. 21. the adolescent male population in custody as of October 2012 had been subjected
have submitted to the courts (for example, deposition transcripts and expert
Sometimes the only thing because of the size of the person and
December 18, 2014, p.2. Illness, October 22, 2003,
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
adequate mental health treatment. The right applies to people in pre-trial matters "from the time of their arraignment until the beginning of their trial.". [214] But
In South Carolina, a court recently concluded
Disabilities, February 24, 2014, http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/DOJ_Findings_Letter_Issued_by_DOJ_2_24_2014.pdf
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, vol. is to be used only to house prisoners who have become violent or destructive to
safety or the security of the jail is at risk. The
He was removed
to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.The Convention against Torture, in Article 2, prohibits
[69] A
[167]
of Justice, Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates,
171, entered into force
United Nations General Assembly, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or
Corrections, Court of Common Pleas, South Carolina, case no. confinement of such prisoners or to modify the length of time they are isolated
subjected to force more frequently than other inmates. from
The right to express condition complaints. will also have less need to resort to force. 3:13-cv-00326, Expert Report of Terry A. Kupers, M.D., on Eastern Mississippi
Williams is a 58-year-old schizophrenic, developmentally disabled man serving a
[66]
treatment resources, and levels of care that meet community standards. severe and their ability to function become so impairedthat they requirecrisis
whether the restraints are still necessary or whether the prisoner should be
which administer a shock to a person located at a distance. et al. included acute agitation, banging on his cell door, eating his feces, pouring
Arizona Department of Corrections policies instructed staff to employ chemical
Factors the courts consider include the
which medical examiners concluded the shock devices contributed to or caused
protections because legally they are merely being held, not punished. the facility is calmer and less tense.[137]
of the general public and which fuel discriminatory and hostile reactions. video, however, an officer states he had used a Taser on her three times. See, e.g., Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons
78 and 82. to the use of force, and to consider what mental health staff might have done
should review every use of force incident, including video where available, to
See Hu H, Fine J, et al., Tear
The number of agencies equipping officers with these weapons
strategies to defuse and de-escalate volatile situations. Human Rights Watch, Ill-Equipped: U.S. A/CONF.213/13 (January 28,
2:90-cv-00520, Defendants Plans and Policies
[289], Darren Rainey, a
in society on an equal basis with others. of the use of pepper spray in a confined space on the one hand and the
):
The case was not a class action. uncertain, rapidly evolving circumstances. [355]
Ibid, p.3. the presence or absence of abusive, discriminatory, or marginalizing social,
aggressive. by, or even to understand, prison regulations when delusions and hallucinations
pepper spray not having the desired effect), the best option was to send
defendant made a serious attempt to have him transferred to a facility that
[353]
inmates who because of their mental illness are unable to comply with official
mental disabilities are vulnerability factors
hearings are from the transcript of his examination during the court hearings
submitted by States parties under Article 19 of the Convention, Conclusions and
[He] wasnt swinging, wasnt
McManus life, officials sometimes turned off the water in his cell and
and the Columbus Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia, which operates
Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Steve Cambra, former warden,
http://www.oig.ca.gov/media/reports/SAR/2012/Use-of-Force%20within%20CDCR%20January-June%202012.pdf, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/stoa/2000/168394/DG-4-STOA_ET(2000)168394_EN(PAR02).pdf. they have done so with impunity. as a unit designed to punish and provide intensive supervision to assaultive
[256]
The New York Civil Liberties Union reported that more than a dozen New
Types of
use of force, to authorize force only when no reasonable alternative is
[94] The potential for grave psychological
(accessed February 10, 2015). and he was then taken to a hospital. injuries in one case, even a perforated bowelat the hands of corrections
outpatient services. [266]
on file at Human Rights Watch. order. European Court of Human Rights has held that, in certain circumstances, the use
Punitive Segregation for Adolescent Inmates on Rikers Island, December
p. 147-149, for other examples of disproportionate confinement of inmates with
absent carefully constructed and effective use of force policies, training
Padillas complaint indicates MCHB treatment team records showed he had
voluntarily, staff may decide to forcibly extract him. Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of
should be used only in exceptional circumstances and not in confined spaces. a video of the cell extraction of Padilla and the following expert reports:
Agees estate brought a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of
their behavior was caused by mental illness and (2) the substantial and known
account in determining whether use of force policies and practices are
unnecessary force can occur in any correctional facility. As the
NYC Department of Correction, Statement to the New York City Council,
Defendant officers denied
Michael Winerip and Michael Schwirtz, For Mentally Ill Inmates at Rikers
[351]
State Department of Corrections and the Ada County Sheriffs Office
429 U.S. 97 (1976) and Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994) as
pp.16-19. A single officer can
disabilities unless: there is an emergency (i.e. chain of command and there is little external pressure for the humane treatment
Behavior, vol. on an equal basis with others. The principles reflected in and measures
This account of the final hours
frequently limited to psychotropic medication, a
Such legislation
are mentally ill, drug-intoxicated, or have serious underlying medical
Center, Inc. v. Massachusetts Department of Correction,United States
The Justice Departments. For example, in Indiana, 33 percent of prisoners with mental illness are in
[245]Shreve v. Franklin County, United States District Court for the Southern
Ensure that corrections agencies are led by officials committed
prisoners receive no treatment whatsoever, resulting in worsening of their condition
Such cases should include, at a minimum, those which result in
by frequently dramatic mood swings from depression to mania. illness in other facilities. courts decision was pending. 22, 2013. Investigation of the Orleans Parish Prison System, April 23, 2012,
ingested fecal matter, and smeared feces on himself. ability to work with inmates who have mental health conditions. staff violence against inmates, inmate-on-inmate violence, and terrible medical
26; Discussing practices in U.S. prisons: The Committee
[251]
Some custody staff have also deliberately used disproportionately
Physical force can be either soft or
Standards of Criminal Justice (3rd ed.
v. Haley, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama,
Disciplinary Measures, filed May 29, 2013, para 47; and Expert Declaration of
against vulnerable persons.. After an investigation that documented systemic
of the CRPD as well as a violation of the universal prohibitions on ill
Since then, he has cycled between the solitary confinement unit of the Central
Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.SC. health care and violence have continued to worsen, jeopardizing the lives of
16, no. This
Restraints should not be applied for longer than
thousands of pages of pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants, and evidence they
[326]
The investigators review of prison medical
difficult, disruptive, or dangerous behavior by prisoners with mental illness differs
health problems, including, for example, an asthmatic inmate who refused to
injury.[285]
Some use drugs, and end up arrested for buying or selling them. [277]
park/2014/05/07/restraint-chair-death-daniel-linsinbigler/8768079/, Anne Schindler, Strapped In: Local teen dies in
remove his clothes to show he had no weapons. in addition to talking with Monroy and his family, he also talked with jail
the level of mental health services that are helpful to any given individual depend
No
Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials), art. segregation. The captain was fired but Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte reinstated him
2:12-cv-00859, Complaint, filed April 2, 2012. their guidance and support as our research proceeded and for reviewing a draft
applications of physical force to mask the intentional infliction of punishment,
(accessed May 5, 2015). Justice and Behavior, vol. 35, no. needs, strengths, and goals for recovery. of prisoners and 12.8 percent of jail inmates reported an overnight stay in a
They may not move inmates arms and legs periodically, which is necessary
the death of Souter (identified as T.S.). assistance. inmate has been brought under control. Prisons: A Challenge for Medical Ethics, The Journal of the American
Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia Regarding the Muscogee County
Many simply willnot get better as long as they
Shortly after being transferred to CSP-Corcoran, mental health staff noted he
Corrections Treatment of Nephew Was Inhumane, WLTX News CBS
delusions and screaming incoherently was left in chains on a concrete bed over
Greer conducted an investigation
either non-lethal or less-lethal weapons. 2011-2012, Table 14, May 2013, http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/svpjri1112.pdf
electrical discharge weapons should be subject to the principles of necessity
Email to Human Rights Watch from Terry Kupers, M.D, Oakland, California, April
3. 3 states,
Some recover. infliction of pain.[281] For
everything he feared from his hallucinations was coming true., Padilla was involuntarily medicated by injection and kept
The first
Yorkers have died after Taser shocks. the food tray slot of the cell door and yells, what are you doing,
A use of force expert for plaintiffs in Coleman v.
illness. prisoners, even in the pursuit of legitimate goals of safety and security,
on inmates with certain clinical conditions, including some paranoid
08-cv-5038,
[265] The
[71]
The right to be free from sexual crimes. released and, for example, transferred to a mental health setting. [156]
The State Party should (a) step up its efforts to
restraint in such use and act in proportion to the seriousness of the offence
as punishment or reprisal against a prisoner or solely for the purpose of
LEXIS 1208), p.
guards. 66393/10, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-140785
muscular incapacitation. to control inmate behavior, and it is unclear if the full extent of
On July 1 he was transferred to the
Officers subdued him and placed
electrical discharge weapons should be subject to the principles of necessity
If we cannot agree, then the Attorney General may file
however, that means of restraint should never be used as a means of punishment,
Most jails and prisons are bleak and stressful places in
Further, instruments of restraint should be removed at the
Officials must take effective measures
the Convention, Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against
screamed. In some places, mental health professionals provide
engaged in an unconstitutional pattern and practice of using Tasers in an
Information on the incidents of January 21, 2005 and the use of force against
explained: The committee is of the view that persons with
suit, The State, July 16, 2014, http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article13868816.html
A/45/49 (1990). the medical officer; (c) by order of the
The detainee, who apparently was hungry, picked up the
interview with Jeffrey Metzner, M.D., psychiatrist and correctional mental
restraint chair. 2:12-cv-00859, Answer and Defenses, filed May 17, 2012. [348]To protect against the ill treatment of
Raineys estate for damages and by Disability Rights Florida for injunctive
His estate filed a lawsuit alleging cruel and unusual
It uses
[22]
reprisal, and retaliation to control them. 33. Submitted by States Parties under Article 40 of the Covenant, Concluding
Unless otherwise noted, information on Darren Rainey is taken from the lawsuit
prisoners; procedures to ensure timely access by prisoners to necessary mental
Souter was restrained, conditions at the prison were hot and humid, with a heat
ways staff consider bizarre, frightening or challenging, and engage in dangerous
Reduce the number of individuals with mental
responding to defendants motion for summary judgment. Court finds that the applicant was subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment
health programs and resources, and the lack of alternatives to incarceration
The courts opinion noted, however,
Information on James C. Williams comes from Jim Mustian, Muscogee County
efforts. Although there is extensive jurisprudence on the meaning and
force against seriously mentally ill prisoners without regard to (1) whether
are necessary, and a health care official should perform frequent periodic
lanyard, inmate distance from the food port, mental state of the inmate, OC
As the video shows, approximately 20 minutes after he seems
serious mental disorder.[114]
For example, non-lethal
efforts by prisoners to change their housing assignments and failed to provide
medical condition needed careful medical monitoring because of the heat, no
heads against walls, or call out for help against unseen persecutors. Reducing the number of
David Lovell and Linda Brown, Implementing residential treatment for
Smith pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights violation. for minimizing the deleterious effect of disciplinary measures on the mental
problems with respect to staff members uncontrolled use of force on
excessive force against inmates to control them and to punish disobedience or
intrusive measure available in this context. [M]ore than 70 percent of the documented
Correctional officers used a device with a
Depending on what state, it will differ. corrections settings and incur disciplinary problems at higher rates than those
[257]
use of force may have been appropriate, but the force is continued long after it
noted, all information about Jeremiah Thomas comes from, The Need for
appropriate.[78] In
agreed, among other things, to prohibit the use of Tasers under the following
as Prisoner AA, had a mood disorder, an IQ of 66, was on the Pennsylvania
was made that the prisoner was able to understand and comply with orders prior
force, the relationship between that need and the amount of force used, the
Press, 2009), p.436. spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar and related disorders,
[347]
Amnesty International, Amnesty International Urges Stricter Limits on
non-derogable. of compatibility with the Convention against Torture. a result, correctional mental health services are often inadequately staffed
Some individuals continue being combative despite
Padillas cell and physically extract him. Res.
for Better Regulation of Stun Guns in New York., http://archive.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131124/NEWS01/311230057/Tasered-woman-d-hate-see-anyone-else-go-through-this, http://archive.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140125/NEWS14/301250059/Register-Investigation-Muscatine-County-Democrats-call-probe-Taser-use-jail, http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/investigations/2014/07/07/muscatine-county-revise-taser-policy/12279619/, http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2012/06/09/6359353.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCD1fH2aPW4, http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/plus/e0903/final.pdf, http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/amnesty-international-urges-stricter-limits-on-police-taser-use-as-us-death-toll-reaches-500, http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/tasers-potentially-lethal-and-easy-abuse-20081216, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/233432.pdf, http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology/less-lethal/pages/incustody-deaths.aspx. force as punishment or as retaliation, and on the continued use of force after
released. Consideration of Reports Submitted By States Parties Under Article 19 of
as well as inmates. properly reported and investigated; to appropriately discipline correction
force. punitive segregation for adolescents in New York City jails. rest of the unit for a long time.[141] A
in a cell; complained about not receiving an evening meal; used profane
v. South Carolina Department of Corrections,
disabilities is more prevalent in more violent facilities in which all
Salvador, Brazil, April 12-19, 2010, U.N. Doc. et al. [193]Coleman v. Brown,
re-opened when new evidence becomes available, and that victims or their
Improve mental health services in prisons and jails by ensuring that
Intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment
[349]
silence should not be not tolerated, and staff who fail to forthrightly
[301]Nunez v. City of New York, United States
is not an indication or admission by a defendant of guilt or liability. publicly available on Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), an
better understand the contributions mental health staff can make to a safer
Ensure that prisons and jails have sound use of force policies
To protect against the ill treatment of
Correctional mental health expert Dr. Terry Kupers,
case, deputies came to a cell ostensibly to assist a mentally ill inmate who
Still concerned that Monroy might continue to
that is easily diagnosed with a blood test and easily treatable with prompt and
According to correctional mental health
5, September/October 1999, p. 268-274. Staff have used force to assert their
[196]Ibid., p. 35 (internal
(accessed February 16, 2015). On five occasions, between February and
and retained: Correctional officers should be screened
4, for an
See generally, Jamie Fellner, Correctional Psychiatry and Human Rights:
the applicants placement in the restraint bed, or in the course of the
, Chapter IX. [314]Jones v. Gusman,
2:90-cv-00520, Deposition of Eldon Vail, October 2, 2013, p. 125. deluged with pepper spray. The audio was made while Houldson was speaking with
in the lawsuit and co-director of the MacArthur Justice Centers office
with human rights standards. force policies whereby striking an inmate in the head or kicking an
She then closes the food tray slot and begins laughing and
wings of the prison. high-security cell were considered., [382]
time. At the end of the video, following an order from the captain,
The
(No. use of force in corrections are contained in the Standards for Adult
Email communication with Human Rights Watch on January 30, 2015 from Terry
for cell extractions, i.e., they indicate there is no medical reason to
[1]
a great deal of medical care as a result of his significant injuries, the
Prisoners, June 2011, p. 132. security, they should receive at least 20 hours a week of out-of-cell time for
During the hiring process, there is also
District of Florida, case no. whether the restraints are still necessary or whether the prisoner should be
to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Jails are constitutionally mandated to make available: adequate health care In order to have discretionary parole, a state must use indeterminate sentencing: True Research studies have found that educational program participation is related to reduced rates of recidivism Ture indicating hypothermia. and lack of political support, corrections agencies lack sufficient numbers of
End solitary confinement for persons with mental disabilities
Prisoners, Rule 33, instruments of restraint,
for mental health interventions and are instead used only in instances where
Coleman v. Brown, United States District
[80]
periods of relative stability during which symptoms are minimal, interspersed
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