Chemical Agents and Inmates With Mental Illness: Limits Imposed in Florida
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 11, Number 01, May/June 2009 , pp.3-4(2)
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Abstract:
Absent the mental ability to conform their conduct to various institutional rules, the use of chemical agents to control the behavior of Florida inmates with serious mental illness is found to be a form of gratuitous punishment.Keywords: Thomas v. McNeil ____F.Supp.2d, Durham v. United States , 214 F.2d 862
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1: Executive Editor.