NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
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aren't fully trained to understand what a
‘mental disorder’ is.“113
„Even while he is waiting for the trial
and for the verdict, it is clear that the
prison is a cell type, so there was still
some negotiation, so that he cannot
be with others, for example. Well, it
is dangerous to keep him even with
others, it is dangerous either for the
others or for him. So, with a cell type
prison, you can still have some sort of
arrangement, but if they go out, and
they go mostly to a shared correctional
facilities somewhere, it's all sorts of
things there.“114
As a result of the inadequate conditions of detention,
persons suffer both physically and psychologically, and
are also subjected to bullying by other inmates. Lack
of specialised knowledge on the part of officers means
that those prone to aggression are subdued by special
measures such as isolation. The inability of inmates with
intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities to understand
the prevailing order provokes the anger of the officers
and their desire to desperately tame and enforce the
prescribed behaviour (Interview No. 3).115
113 Quote from one of the semi-structured interviews.
114 Quote from one of the semi-structured interviews.
115 Quote from one of the semi-structured interviews.
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