An inmate is being disruptive.. $ officers go to remove him from his cell so as to remove his property due to the fact we are in a Behavioral Base enviorment jail. He behaves. He gets his belongings bac. The Inmate was handcuffed behind his back. removed from the cell and placed in a seated position. The whole time the inmate was verbally threatening the officers and was taken to the floor in the cell prior to being removed. Once in the seated position outside his cell he attempted to lunge at an officer by getting up however one officer Sprayed him in the face and another Grabbed the inmate by the head by holding onto his hair to control his movements. The inmate still refused to return to the sitting position and was sprayed agian and subsequently taken to the pron position.
The officer that sprayed the inmate was terminated for excessive force as was the officer that held the inmate by the heahd by grabbing hold of his hair for accomplice to the assault of spraying the inmate. The inmate sustained no injuries.
Q. Do youbelieve holding the inmates head by the hair is excessive if used only as a control technique?
q. Do think it is appropriate to spray an inmate while cuffed behind the bac?.
Keep in mind the inmate was activley trying to get up and refused numerous orders to stay put?