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Pepper Spray, Mentally Ill Inmates, and a Nascent Insanity Defense  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 12, Number 04, November/December 2010 , pp.51-51(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The district court rules that as a condition of confinement (versus an unlawful use of force) a planned use of a chemical, control agent cannot be used if the inmate is unable to conform his conduct to prison standards due to their mental illness.

Keywords: Thomas v. Bryant , 2010 WL 3270965

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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