jails nationwide. an ever increasing population of the mentally ill inmates who require significantly more staff attention than other inmates. often times, typically in this situation it can result in criminal behavior. some become aggressive that is related to mental illness. while not classified as mentally ill, coleman receives treatment for self abusive behavior including cutting. after hitting his head against the wall and threatening suicide. you thinking about hurring yourself now? no, sir. you won t hurt anybody else? no, sir. don t want to hurt yourself. jail psychiatrist thinks
beating on the door. hitting his head on the wall and threatened the officer saying he was going to kick his as. down on your knees. place your hands on top of your head. we are going in. out of the cell. coleman is placed into an emergency restraint chair. he will be bound at the legs,
been at louisville metro, he s had more than 40 reports incidents of self-abusive behavior. now he has cut himself again. we went through this a couple ties. you get pressed out, what happens? [ bleep ]. he s beat his head before, he s cut himself before. it s usually just self-harm. it s never really against somebody else. it s just against himself. me and him have a real good rapport. just by talking to him, i can actually de-escalate the situation. so what s going on now? i been here too long, i m ready to go. i m one down so that s why i m pressed out. you take your time already? what d you take? five years. coleman was recently sentenced to five years in prison on charges of robbery and assault. prison is not as bad as jail. trust me on that one. i m not saying it s going to be
threatened the officer on the walk saying he was going to kick his ass. face the rear of your cell and go down to your knees. down to your knees. cross your ankles, place your hands on top of your head. we ll go on three. one, two, three. stand up. back him down the cell. coleman is placed into an emergency restraint chair. he will be bound at the legs, wrists and waist. we can clean the water up and things like that.
merit lite. but, you know, it s a lot better than jail. where are you cut at? here. why are you doing that? just to keep it from getting infected. i m just going to keep cutting it. why are you going to keep on cutting? because i am. what would make you stop? if you had time to keep on coming up here. i m going to keep on cutting. till i die. it s going the hard way. across my neck. i ain t playing. the last thing i want you to do is for you to hurt yourself any more than you already have. because coleman threatened his own life, he s transferred to an observation cell and placed on suicide watch. meanwhile, officer ernest searches coleman s old cell to find what he used to cut himself with. a piece of his armband. he ripped his armband. it s laminated, got this sharp corner on it. looks like that s what he s been using to potentially hurt himself. coleman will exchange his jail uniform for a suicide