Why do imprison innocent pretrial people with mental illness?

              Why Do We Imprison Pretrial People

                               With Mental Illness?

                                                      Alen J Salerian MD

   Persecution of people with mental illness has been a sad reality since ancient times. It seems that discriminatory influences  are currently reinforced by routine department of justice practices.

   It is true  that at present -without clinical necessity- a person with possible mental illness  could be forced to be hospitalized before  trial.  Under any circumstances psychiatric hospitalization is  stressful . Psychiatric hospitalization in a prison system is very stressful and at a great cost to taxpayers. In year 2014 in America It is difficult to  accept this practice of routine imprisonment of pretrial people with mental illness .  This practice is a vestige of ignorant prejudice  which i endured

 personally.
    I was not suicidal , homicidal or a threat to anyone . I was not a security risk yet I was ordered to be imprisoned for mental examination.  At FMC Butner I have met hundreds of people victimized by our prejudicial laws.

   This is one of the reasons I'm still trying to meet with my Senator.

   I'm hopeful that I may hear some helpful feedback on this very issue at my trial in Abington Virginia on December 10, 2014.

Dr. Salerian Press Release September 2014

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MODERN TORTURE

Modern Tools Of Torture

Alen J Salerian MD

November 25, 2014

  Modern armies have become wiser to use torture and get away with it.  Modern tools are humiliation, terror, fear and psychological abuse to induce  pain.

     The modern strategy seems to be brilliant . It is brilliant because it is armed with superb efficacy to cause pain, break down individual defenses yet remain immune to potential societal consequences. I observe that neuroscientific knowledge has greatly helped our  progress in engineering pain by  relying on specific vulnerabilities of human brain.

     FMC Butner is a perfect example of how to engineer effective but not very easily observable torture.

  During the 119 days  at FMC Butner my brain was  constantly exposed to the following sensory input:

A . Racial slurs (N…..)

B .Violence

C . Death threats

D. Threats of violence

E .Cursing (F…)

F . Exploitation (slave labor) , man-made medical injuries (tardive dyskinesia) physical assault ,(humiliation (strip search) of people with mental illness.

G. Noise pollution

H. Arbitrary unlawful punitive acts (solitary confinement)

I. Loss of faith in reason or law to protect a prisoner .

J. Fire alarms or drills with no explanation.

K. Humiliation (coexistence with feces and urine, threats of eating feces)

L. Shame(examination of stretched  buttocks and genitals)

M. Ridicule (laughter and ridicule during examination of stretched buttocks and genitals)

N. Long periods of solitary confinement in unsanitary conditions.

  The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of prisons seem to be aware of all of the above acts. The language used by DOJ refer to the grotesque abuses of people with mental illness as strip search, security measures, rehab,, and  common  and necessary conditions for inmates. DOJ doesn't view them as torture.

From BUTNER TO FERGUSON

From Butner to Ferguson

Alen J Salerian MD

   On August 9, 2014 Michael Brown was killed by a policeman in Ferguson Missouri. The same day at FMC Butner in the SHU I survived an attempt to inject me with insulin although I'm not diabetic.  I was lucky , Michael Brown was not. Both events were human errors by civil servants with power.

   A federal statute makes it a crime for a person with government authority, which is legally referred to as” acting under the color of law” to” willfully” deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or the federal law.

On March 3, 2011 my constitutional rights were violated by a DEA agent who kept me hostage in my own office and did not allow my lawyers to speak with me. The Department of Justice has been informed of criminal negligence by federal workers.

   Has there been any corrective action ?

  What are the chances that there would be corrective action in response to Michael Brown tragedy?

  I will have my day in court on December 10, 2014 in Abington Virginia. Michael Brown will never have a day in court to tell his story.

      Take Home Message From  FMC Butner:

          Barbaric Treatment Of People

               Wth Mental illness

                            Alen J Salerian MD

    Innocent people with mental or physical pain accused of crime are treated as second-class citizens.  Barbaric treatment includes the following:

  Slave labor – coerced labor for $.75 per day.

  Unsafe living conditions with  people housed in small cells with dangerous criminals.

  Routine humiliating psychologically and sexually abusivei visual inspection of  stretching buttocks and genitals.

  Routine behavioral modification by punitive measures that includes SHU  solitary confinement  ( one hour of fresh air and 23 hour of semi darkness),

Routine behavioral modification by  threats and or forced eating own body products i.e. feces and urine.

   I'm sure we are much better than what's practiced at FMC BUTNER and it's up to us  to treat people with dignity regardless of where when or why.