Male inmate tortured and left to die just for making a lewd gesture at a female guard.

rapiertwit · 2014-05-23T11:20:25+00:00

Experts say Ballard's death is only the latest example of how poorly equipped the city's jail system is to handle the mentally ill, who make up about 40% of the 12,000 inmates in the nation's most populous city. A third of those inmates suffer from serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

That's a big problem right there. On an episode of Morgan Spurlock's show 30 Days, he spends his month in a county jail. One of the inmates there had been institutionalized (schizophrenia), had escaped, then while he was escaped from mental hospital he stole a car. So what does the judge do, return him to the hospital? No, throw him in county and add to his record. What the hell is that... you're crazy enough to be institutionalized against your will, but sane enough to be held accountable for a nonviolent crime? That's crazy.

Modron · 2014-05-23T13:38:49+00:00

How how how can anyone stand for this? This isn't just about feminism gone wrong, this is inhumane. I wouldn't treat my worst enemy like that, let alone a mentally-ill patient who didn't do anything wrong.

God this world is fucked up.

Ultramegasaurus · 2014-05-23T08:22:47+00:00

I bet feminists will somehow twist this into the female guard being the victim

outhouse_steakhouse · 2014-05-23T15:36:44+00:00

there shouldn't be female guards at male prisons.

shibbidybibbidy · 2014-05-23T12:10:53+00:00

I smell a spicy lawsuit in the mix here. Hopefully when the city forks over 6 figures and fires some staff they learn to do their job properly next time.

germaneuser · 2014-05-23T14:32:28+00:00

It makes me incredibly tired seeing the American prison system. The thing about it isn't just that injustices like this happen; it's the fact that it is publicly accepted and even encouraged to look down on prisoners as far less than human.

I was standing in line at the post office a couple of weeks ago, and was privvy to a circle-jerk about how "awesome" Joe Arpaio was for his policies in prison. It turned quickly from that to how much better CA would be if everyone simply adopted Arpaio's attitudes towards inmates and "treated them all how they deserve to be treated". This way, "We wouldn't be wasting all that taxpayer money on those losers."

I could not keep my mouth shut; I told the woman who'd said that something along the lines of, "If you didn't imprison every Dick, Tom and Harry for Strike Three laws or half a joint, you wouldn't have to worry about your precious 'taxpayer dollars' being spent on those 'losers'."

It earned me the ire of half the people in that line, but I get really, really tired of this moral high-horse bullshit, really quickly. When a sizable chunk of your prison population consists of people who barely made an offense, and it's socially acceptable to step on them and treat them the way you would a sociopathic murderer, there is something horribly wrong with your system.

That's the end of today's rant. Sorry for going off-topic a bit.

Lcona · 2014-05-23T14:33:27+00:00

Is this about men's rights any more than it is about human rights?

The prison population being primarily male-based, for instance, is a men's issue. If cases like these are swept under the rug because they involve male inmates, that too is a men's rights issue (though I doubt this since there is limited publicity in similar cases involving either sex).

This issue of treating mentally ill prisoners like shit is an issue rampant throughout humans in general.

cosmicsans · 2014-05-23T14:00:59+00:00

Why do jailbird's parents always think their kids are "caring" and "loving." Same thing when some gangbanger gets shot here in Rochester. The whole community is coming out saying how great of a kid he was, and that he was a stellar part of the community.

No, he was a fucking gang member, in a gang shootout. Glad he got shot and not some innocent fucking kid.

Shit grinds my gears.

itsinthebone · 2014-05-23T16:49:46+00:00

Is anything going to happen to these guards who murdered him? I was too disgusted to finish the article

SteelCrossx · 2014-05-23T19:17:16+00:00

This is honestly mind boggling to me. I worked in a jail for three years and it's incomprehensible that something like this could have happened there. Diabetics in my facility were tested by medical staff twice a day. Every inmate in segregation had to get up and come get their meal three times a day (once on each shift) to ensure they were healthy, coherent, and mobile. No toilets were ever left clogged, no one was ever left in their own feces, and we had medical staff on site all day every day in case a medical need presented itself.

Those conditions existing in a US facility are reprehensible and stunning. I've seen several jails and prisons, both domestic and abroad, and I've never seen anything remotely like that.

questionnmark · 2014-05-23T19:19:51+00:00

He was in prison for... assault whilst being a black man (6 years for assault? Convicted rapists in New Zealand get less). Then he went back to prison for public lewdness. What the hell is wrong with that system?

2014-05-24T00:57:42+00:00

They Don't Care About Us

topsecreteltee · 2014-05-24T02:22:38+00:00

I seriously doubt this is a gender issue as much as a power & authority issue. I've seen too many examples of people being treated worse for smaller infractions.

SarahC · 2014-05-23T11:41:57+00:00

That 16 year old looks about 20.

2014-05-23T17:21:03+00:00

The male guards are so getting laid for bravely defending the female guard.

he-man_rules · 2014-05-23T14:02:28+00:00

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Title	Male inmate tortured and left to die just for making a lewd gesture at a female guard.
Author	Modron
Upvotes	276
Comments	77
Date	May 23, 2014 7:49 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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