My prison experience

I do have a lot of sympathy for what you went through(bravo for being so open), particularly if you were genuinely psychotic and not receiving the medication you needed. Nobody should be left in that situation.

That said, I think it's important not to lose sight of why you ended up in the system in the first place. From your own account, hospital staff were locked in a room against their will and others were exposed to indecent behaviour while simply doing their jobs. Regardless of the cause, that must have been frightening and distressing for the people involved. There’s always two sides to the story and what happened was clearly enough.

It's possible for both things to be true at once, that you were failed by parts of the mental health and prison system and that the staff affected by your actions were victims of a genuinely upsetting incident.

Either way, best of luck getting the help you need and getting back on your feet.
None of that should see someone in prison. Hospital staff should be capable of recognising a psychological breakdown. Hell anyone with two brain cells could recognise that.
 
None of that should see someone in prison. Hospital staff should be capable of recognising a psychological breakdown. Hell anyone with two brain cells could recognise that.

@Energize didn't mention if that's why he was in there in the first place, not that it makes a difference.
I assume there would be clinicians around him who could see something wasn't right.
 
This is actually beyond messed up, to effectively just arrest someone, not check their medical records and then deny them the medication they desperately need is insane to me.

Is there any kind of recourse you can take against this? they clearly failed on their duty of care.
 
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