The Abuse Of A Police Cell

When it comes to mental illness, there is no denying that it is one of the most intractable problems in our day-to-day lives. About 500,000 mentally ill people are in jails or prisons in the United States, while 50,000 are treated in psychiatric hospitals. People often can’t help asking if jails or prisons are really the new asylums for those who are mentally ill? I used to think that it is hard to answer, but now I will not hesitate to say “No!” after watching the video “The New Asylums”.

This case deals with the current issue of failures in the system of child protection in NSW.

In this article, the incarceration of the mentally ill is encouraged because it is safer than keeping them in mental institutions. It claims that mental institutions are extremely dangerous by their very nature and the nurses there are trained to treat the mentally ill, not to keep them from hurting themselves or other people. In prisons however, the

Over the last few years the hashtag Black Lives Matter has become a hot topic. This organization is trying to bring awareness to the issues that people of color face. They are also trying to bring “real” equality to people of color. Many non-people of color feel like black people are no longer oppressed. I plan to delve into systematic racism and how it is a real issue. I will be looking into the prison industrial complex, and police brutality examining how it relates back to slavery. Many police officers do not face consequences when they use excessive force, on people of color vs non-people of color. Just by looking at the current and past relationship between the police and people of color, needs to be addressed. It seems as if every time you turn around there is a person of color being killed on a daily basis by the police. There are too many people of color losing their lives by the hands of the police while other races are not. This relates to slavery and how slave patrols were used to keep runaway slaves in check. I will look into and how redlining of neighborhoods is a downward spiral as well. Especially when it comes to poverty and education. Even touching on when people use the hashtag all lives matter that you are overlooking/negating the issues that people of color face. All this leads to my research question; why do people of color suffer more from the effects of Systematic Racism than any other Race?

Simon’s arguments gave me an insight towards my implications of inadequate mental health treatment and how the mentally ill were not really getting treated due to overcrowding. An issue in which questions how mentally ill patients will improve at their time in the prison facility, which kept me wondering how this situation even got to this very point. The lacking quality requirements resulted to turning an action into a criminal offense by making it illegal to the mentally

Section 136 of the Mental Health Act can be used by the police to admit a person they believe that may have a mental illness for assessment or treatment. They can do this if they believe you are in need of care. (Rethink, 2013)

These incarcerated or homeless people according to Fred Osher, another author from the New York Times, brings out that the number of these individuals, with serious mental issues, are up three to five times that of the general population of the country. In addition to this large amount of people, they no doubt need to be provided with treatment. And although this can be given to a degree in prisons, the individuals are often left untreated altogether or under-treated, because of lack of staff available to help, according to Jamie Fellner, author of How to Keep the Mentally Ill From Getting Behind Bars. Yet, these are the worst places for mentally ill persons. They need support from others, but cannot really get that in prisons, because it is meant for criminals, not sick people. Not only are prisons not made for these mentally weak persons, but prisons, according to Fellner, are the worst place for the mentally unstable. At asylums and other facilities there are some long term residents, who may have to live there for the entirety of their lives, yet not all of them do. This is coming from the first hand experience of Ann-Marie Louison, who worked as a social worker for a number of years in a state-run mental hospital, where residents were able to receive good care. Through the care given at these types of facilities people potentially can go back to living their lives normally, because they are able to receive

Instead of putting people with mental illness in jail they should be sent to a mental institution for help sine “ There is inadequate mental health care to prevent prisoners from becoming suicidal, to identify suicidal prisoner, or to prevent prisoners from going into a crisses” theDEpartment of justis said.

While it would beneficial to society to put away these kinds of people, it would be more beneficial to put them in isolation (solitary confinement), away from other people so that they cannot bring harm to themselves or anyone else. This would keep them away from the public and shows that while they cannot control their own actions, they should be held accountable in some way or another. The mentally challenged should not be accountable for their actions on the same terms as normal people.”Today, it is estimated that 90% of UK prisoners have a diagnosable mental illness or substance abuse problem (Office for national statistics)”. Most of these prisoners were charged with not having a mental disability. If they were to have a known disability they would have gotten help and a lesser of a

Coming to the case of the Queensland Coroners court’s inquest into the death of Ms Nola Jean Walker it is clearly evident the moral and ethical dilemma Paramedics were faced with due to Ms Walkers refusal to be transported to

On July 26th 2017 a Salt Lake City nurse was unrightfully arrested for refusing to let a police officer draw blood without a warrant or formal consent from a patient who was in a coma, in accordance with hospital policy and federal law. The nurse Alex Wubbles, a charge nurse in the burn unit even showed the officer a print of the hospitals policy on drawing blood and their request did not meet the hospitals criteria. When this story came out I was so shocked, I couldn’t believe that it had happened when she was just so clearly not in the wrong. The policeman abused his power because he was not getting what he wanted. This nurse was following the law and advocating for her patient and despite being respectful and calm was still unlawfully arrested. I never thought that such violence can be asserted on you despite following law.

A prisoner who has killed six people has the right to a psychiatric evaluation before sentencing, but safety protocol calls for the psychiatrist to come to

In the United States, sexual abuse is a very uncommonly discussed topic in society. Many people do not like to speak openly about it. There is not much of a difference between sexual abuse and rape. One of the common characteristics of sexual abuse and rape is that they decreases a person’s self-esteem. An individual who is sexually abused will feel as though they are not themselves anymore and feel repulsion within them.

Valios(2006) begins her article by providing her readers with information about the large number of violent young offenders who are locked up in England, even though they have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. She turns to the case of a young man named Robert Stewart, a violent racist who was serving time ina facility with an Asian teenager named ZahidMubarek. Valios(2006) summarizes a report that explains how Stewart killed Mubarek. She argues that there was plenty of evidence that Stewart was severely mentally ill, but that no psychiatric programs were available to treat his condition. As a result, Mubarekneedlessly died. Valios (2006) poses a good question: “How should we handle young people who are severely unwell but who have committed serious offenses?” (p. 31). She answers this question by advocating for better psychiatric evaluation and treatment of violent youth. Valios(2006) concludes her article by quoting from prison reformers and other experts who also want there to be separate facilities in England for violent offenders who are mentally ill and those who are serving time.

Sally expressed her view that they were just badly behaved. At this point it was clear to see that Sally had been putting on a façade as she didn’t want anyone to know that she wasn’t coping especially her family. Sally seemed prepared at this stage to engage meaningfully and co-operate while I spoke to the children and assessed the situation to ensure their safety and well-being. I allowed Sally to talk about her experiences, but also had to manage the complex issues of assessing risk to both the children and