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07-31-2009, 02:49 PM
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Death in Custody
Case history A 58-year-old man who had visited an inmate in prison got into trouble with the prison officers. The prison warden ordered him to leave the prison, but the visitor disobeyed this order and assaulted the warden. Although the man was immediately arrested for obstructing the warden in the performance of his duties, he reacted extremely violently. Therefore, six prison officers immediately restrained him in the prone position. According to the statements of the prison officers, the victim lost some of his strength in 1-2 min after being restrained and nearly completely in 7-8 min. After about 10 min passed, the victim showed no signs of resistance, yet the prison officers had to keep restraining him following the order of their superiors, who had inspected the situation. After 14-15 min had passed, a policeman arrived at the scene and the prison officers relaxed their restraint on the victim. The victim had already undergone cardiopulmonary arrest. · · |