Mentally ill inmate extracted from Corcoran prison cell

Video of a mentally ill inmate at the state prison in California State Prison, Corcoran, as he is extracted from a holding cell on Dec. 3, 2012, after refusing to leave it voluntarily. The video was filmed by prison staffers, as required by department policy when guards prepare to use force against an inmate.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton has found that the use of force against mentally ill inmates in California prisons is unconstitutionally harsh. Karlton ordered state officials to continue revising the use-of-force procedures deployed against the state's 33,000 mentally ill prisoners and to limit the use of solitary confinement as a means of disciplining such inmates.

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