California Revises Policy on Mentally Ill Inmates [NYTimes.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/4/144:00 AM

California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has introduced new policies for the use of force against mentally ill prisoners that are among the most detailed in the nation.

The changes, which were introduced on Friday, were set in motion after videos showed corrections officers in state prisons dousing severely mentally ill inmates with pepper spray and forcibly removing them from their cells. The videos drew public outrage and were called “horrific” by a federal judge who ordered the footage made public last year.

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[For more of this story, written by Erica Goode, go to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/us/california-revises-policy-on-mentally-ill-inmates.html]

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