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| State prison hostage details aired |
| By Bangor Daily News |
| Published: 07/02/2008 |
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MAINE - Monday evening’s tense hostage situation inside the Maine State Prison nearly came to a violent end, the state’s corrections commissioner said Tuesday. "We had a tactical team in the facility, and we were fully prepared to take him out," Corrections Commissioner Martin Magnusson said of hostage-taker Michael Chasse in a press briefing Tuesday at the Wellness Center conference room on the east campus of the Riverview Psychiatric Hospital. A state police tactical squad smashed through a plate-glass window with guns ready to fire to bring an end to the tense standoff with Chasse, who was holding two hostages for seven hours, officials said Tuesday. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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If the inmate has a psychiatric history, or found NGRI, the inmate should be housed or committed at Department of Mental Health. I do not agree with those found NGBRI and those found guilty to be housed in the same facility. The NGRIs needs psychiatric treatment whereas, the ones found guilty(inmates) should be handled by Corrections Officers. Now, if the initial intake/processing and classification indicates that the hostage taker who is an inmate with a psychiatric history, this inmate should have been treated and handled by Mental Health Staff who are trained in this field. Corrections Officers do not really have this training background in dealing with Psychiatric Illness. As for weapons used during the hostage taking, they need to conduct a shakedown at least once a month at all housing areas and common areas. Thorough pat-down searches and inspections of items entering the facility needs to be conducted by officers. The officers must be alert at all times with effective communication skills orally and in writing. Sgt. M.S. Lizama DOC, Guam