Bradley Ballard was %uh inmate at riker's
until he died September last year because I've neglect apparently he made
a lewd gesture 21 the female prison guards and as a result they put him in a
cell by himself
and then they just kinda let him right there and then he eventually died
now I after he was found in the cell
there were a number of issues that came up for instance
he was denied from his medication he was schizophrenic and diabetic
and he was denied some of his medication he intentionally clawed his toilet so it
overflowed and they apparently didn't do anything about it
except for shut off the water the stripped of all his clothes who is
completely naked
and they also found him with a rubber band tightly %uh
around his generals tied tightly around his generals and
its unclear as to how that happened and why it was there but
apparently they were checking on him enough to make sure that he wasn't a
threat to himself
but when they showed up I mean he was not responding and
preliminary findings show that he probably succumb to
sepsis an infection that has spread through the body
so it kinda incredible to see that our so called justice system which was
supposed to have that element
rebuilt Asian just allows inmates especially inmates with mental illnesses
raw in their cells after they make a lewd gesture to a female correctional
officer
I'm not trying to say that that was a I was the right thing to do
but to just leave him there to die I mean that's not going to help
anything any situation by the way he was behind bars for assault
take law into his own toilet and and then the plumber came by it
and the turned off the water min like that
fix anything in jacked up or I'm
they brought him food and they'd be like they turn away cuz was clear that the
video shows that it smelled terrible
like I got it he made a lewd sexual gesture toward a female guard
your guard get beyond at your job you have the gun
on your charge that situation be in charge in that situation
and take care a peer pressure that's what you're supposed to do not supposed
to let him out
you just supposed to take care make sure he's OK budget
it that you don't get threatened by you don't feel like I'm gonna show him
put him in his place there's not a that it is disappointing be enacted for
something like that
be disappointed whether it's 24 hours in isolation or whatever
but you don't go through this long punishment and high five years to Prince
yeah and just to let you guys know what the gesture was he was allegedly staring
at a female prison guard for hours
and then he rolled up his sweater and put it near his penis and pretended as
if it was his penis and then he was like swinging it around
so that was another for them to put him in a cell by himself
and at riker's they allow the inmates to communicate with one another
and so putting them in isolation like that it was in solitary confinement
it was a different type of cell but leaving him there was punishment
but then they just neglected him after mentally ill yeah
like who gets offended by something that someone mentally-ill does
like I don't ira I don't understand understand what's in the head
up somebody who does he's another he would be in distress
even if he made a lewd gesture to you but he's mentally ill
yeah yeah we don't it's a it's outrageous tell which
and I just wanna hurt state a quote from the yale psychologist who kinda talks
about this issue and how correctional
facilities don't really deal with mentally ill inmates appropriately
she says correctional institutions are such a poor substitute for mental
hospitals
which is what they're basically functioning as in our society the
problem is the correction setting
is not fit to deliver the proper care and in fact many of those settings
exacerbate
the symptoms which is absolutely true I mean we always have these conversations
especially after mass shootings that we need to find mental health care in the
United States but we never do it it's just a way of shutting people up
especially when we have any type of argument about gun control
and then nothing is ever really done about mental health care
we just lock people up and we treat them as if they're any ordinary
I inmate but they need special care and you need to be specially trained to deal
with them
a lot of these corrections officers are not getting the appropriate training to
deal with them
did you betcha hot I was in the cell remember it
yeah everyone agrees what's up