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| California prisons propose reform of use of force standards |
| By jurist.org- Nicholas Tomsho |
| Published: 08/07/2014 |
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [official website] proposed new policies Friday for use of force against mentally ill inmates. The new regulations would require prison guards to consider the mental health status of inmates and their ability to understand commands before resorting to force. The changes have been proposed [Sacramento Bee report] in the wake of a video surfacing that shows California Corrections officials dousing mentally ill inmates in pepper spray. Judge Lawrence Karlton for the District Court for the Eastern District of California required reforms of the use of force standards after calling the use of pepper spray in the video "horrific" in an April judgment [text] against the CDCR. About 28% of California's 118,000 inmates suffer from mental illness. Read More. |
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