Suicide inmate's mother warned prison
Inquest hears staff were 'repeatedly' told of prisoner's deteriorating mental state
The mother of a prisoner who was found hanged in the segregation cell of a troubled privately run prison after being placed on suicide watch told an inquest yesterday how she repeatedly warned officers of her son's deteriorating mental state. The death of Michael Bailey, 23, at HMP Rye Hill near Rugby in Warwickshire led to the trial and subsequent acquittal of four serving prison officers. A damning inspectors' report in the month after his death found conditions at the jail to be "unsafe and unstable" for both inmates and staff.
In my view, Michael Bailey was displaying the classic symptoms of undergoing a mental breakdown. And, it would appear that rather than treat the inmate's condition the prison responded by trying to control him with discipline tools.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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