Articles by Terry A Kupers

Who’s in SHU? A Survey of Solitary Confinement

Loaded on July 1, 2020 by Terry A Kupers published in Prison Legal News July, 2020, page 28

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness). Location: California.

https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/05/25/compliance-or-critical-thinking/

By Terry A. Kupers, M.D., M.S.P.

(Many thanks to Willow Katz and Dolores Canales for support and editing)

Prisoners consigned to solitary confinement or Security Housing Unit (SHU) are derided as “the worst of the worst.” But when I enter SHUs around the country in preparation for expert testimony ...

Restrained Washington Prisoner Exonerated in Assault on Guard

Loaded on July 15, 2000 by Terry A Kupers published in Prison Legal News July, 2000, page 9

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Lighting, Restraints, Mental Health. Location: Washington.

by Terry A. Kupers and Marybeth Dingledy

Rodney Gitchel had been in 4-point restraints for two months inside the Special Offenders Center (S.O.C.) at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Washington when he struggled free of the restraints and assaulted the next guard who entered his cell. He faced the possibility ...