US wildlife refuge standoff defendant scuffles with deputies

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7. This jail has severe problems

Lord knows, I have no sympathy for the Bundys. The Multnomah County Jail (where they are housed), however, is a brutal place.

My mentally ill son was resistant when these guards tried to move him during a psychotic break. The guards tazed him, wrestled him into shackles, and put him in solitary confinement for three weeks. Nothing meaningful was done to address his obvious psychosis. He left jail sicker than when he was arrested.

Jails should not replace mental hospitals.....but they have. Ryan Bundy may be a jerk. My guess is that he is also unstable and delisional. Unless the guards are in palpable danger, these violent "extractions" should not be common practice.

The Portland Police are under scrutiny from the Justice Department after a string of shootings involving mentally ill (mostly minority) citizens. The same scrutiny needs to be applied to the jail that shares the same building.