Is this considered a form of torture?
February 62012
I have a mother in the jail system. She has not been convicted of any crimes and is awaiting pretrial. She has mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder. I have to pickup her medication from a pharmacy and take it to the jail. But that is not related to the question.
The jail and the nurses sometimes do not give her medicine to her. They will play mind games and say that the jail states that she does not take medication, even though I take her medication to the people myself. I have been for the last 6 months.
At times she will get very angry and start mouthing off at them with the top of her lungs. Because of that she is punished and not served food for that entire day. Sometimes they will not let her shower. She has told me that they will turn on the lights as if she is to wake up and get ready for the day and then she will look out further and see that the other jail cell lights are off.
Is this considered a form of torture? If so what can I do? I reside in the United States. I know for sure that if this is considered a form of torture that she is having her rights violated. I thought that if she isn’t convicted of a crime her rights aren’t signed away to a jail system.
Is there anyone I can contact to get help, even just some type of advice? I have tried contacting the detention center and all they do is deny it or put me through so many transfers that I eventually get hung up on.
This whole ordeal is corrupt. Her case is corrupt. I believe its because it is election year in my city so the prosecutor is just trying to make a name for himself.
I had found out leaked information from a person in the grand jury against my mother. They said that they tried to ask questions about her case and the prosecutor said that he could not release that information. I know she is innocent but I can’t do anything. I paid $5000 to a bunk lawyer who has only talked to her 4 times in the last 6 months. He doesn’t fight for her and she has even tried to fire the attorney and the judge wouldn’t let her.
I am stuck in a bind and I really need some kind of help. Please serious answers. This isn’t some kind of trolling question.
Thank you!
Sorry that I have ventured so far from the question just that I really need advice. It seems as if the detectives involved and anyone apart of the case is all crooked.
I have been to some of her court hearings for a conditions of release. The prosecutor had shown that they do not have any definitive evidence against her. They are holding her for conspiracy charges.
There is no physical evidence against her. There isn’t even DNA evidence against her. It is the person’s word against hers. But it would have been a simple domestic violence case if the person that called the police on my brother (one being charged with agg. assault plus other bogus charges) if she had not ran to a victims advocate group.
This group called A. Place, has so much pull with the court that they have set a million dollar bail on my brother. There is people in his unit that have similar charges that do not have million dollar bails. The only people I see getting those is people with murder.
My mothers bail had started out with $850, 000. Then was dropped to $500,00 and is now a CASH only bond of $17,500.
Please. I need advice. I do not know if this is helpful information but I do have general power of attorney from my mother.
Thank you again.
P.S.
She is the the Ag-seg unit. Away from other prisoners. In her own cell.
Who do I report them to? @the first answer.
@ingsoc1
I do not know if you mean this situation is BS or if you mean something else. But it is true. I hope I am not violating anything but here is the detention centers name. You can give a call and verify for yourself.
Yuma County Detention Center
(928) 539-7841
I pick up the RX from the Pharmacy. I then go to this gazebo and press a button. Someone on the other side of the intercom asks what I need. I tell them that I am there to drop off a prescription medication for a prisoner. They tell me to wait. I wait and then a lady in medical scrubs comes out. I hand her the medication and she goes back into the jail.
Here look at this address on street view in Google maps.
289 West 1st Street, Yuma, Arizona, United States
To the right is a gazebo. That is where I drop off the medication. No BS.
You should report them