A mentally ill man was restrained in a chair for 68 hours at Franklin County Jail, violating policies, report says
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One man was restrained for 68 hours, another for 27 hours. Both were mentally ill. The jail's own policies say restraint should never last more than 10 hours.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Braden was restrained in a chair for 68 hours over a weekend in February 2022, with breaks every few hours to walk, eat or use the restroom, the report said.

    This is actually less horrible than I’d expected, which sets a super low bar for what I think happens in jails in this country. What a nightmare.