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Document DOJ-OGR-00024669

AI Analysis

Summary: The email chain discusses an inmate's mental health status, their placement on Psychological Observation, and their subsequent return to SHU. The inmate has a pending incident report for Self-Mutilation and has requested Protective Custody. The case has been highly publicized.
Significance: This document reveals the mental health status and treatment of a specific inmate, as well as the reasoning behind their placement in SHU and potential Protective Custody request. It may be significant in understanding the circumstances surrounding the inmate's detention and treatment.
Key Topics: Inmate's mental health status and Psychological Observation Inmate's placement in Special Housing Unit (SHU) Protective Custody request
Key People:
  • Shirley Skipper-Scott - Associate Warden, MCC New York
  • J. Ray Ormond - Regional Director, Northeast Region
  • Chief Psychologist - Evaluator of inmate's mental health status
Document Type
Email
Date
July 24, 2019
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES009

Full Text

Page 20 If I haven't addressed your questions, please call me and let me know. Thanks. Shirley Skipper-Scott Associate Warden MCC New York 150 Park Row New York, New York 10007 Office: 646-836b(6); b(7)(C) Black Berry: 646-423b(6); b(7)(C) b(6); b(7)(C)@bop.gov >>> Ray Ormond 7/24/2019 10:53 AM >>> Thanks!! J. Ray Ormond Regional Director Northeast Region 215-521-b(6); b(7)(C) >>> Shirley V. Skipper-Scott 7/24/2019 10:49 AM >>> b(6); b(7)(C) Chief Psychologist. He will remain on Psychological Observation until tomorrow, where he will be reassessed. DEFINITION: A Psychological Observation occurs when an inmate who suffers from a mental illness, a serious personality disorder, a medical problem (impairing their mental status), or drug intoxication and/or withdrawal symptoms begins to deteriorate. The inmate is no longer mentally stable and therefore, it is inappropriate for s/he to remain in general population or the Special Housing Unit (SHU). Inmates placed on psychological observation differ from inmates placed on suicide watch as they are not imminently suicidal (e.g., have not expressed self-harm or engaged in self-harming behavior), but rather, due to his/her impairment in mental status or functioning (e.g., not eating, not sleeping, disorganized/unusual thinking, poor self-care), his/her behavior can be unpredictable. Psychological Observation status is intended as a temporary designation to be utilized until such time as the inmate becomes sufficiently stable (e.g., able to function independently in general population) to be returned to his/her housing assignment or transferred to an inpatient psychiatric facility such as a Federal Medical Center. He has a pending incident report for Self-Mutilation and therefore, he will return to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) and will be celled with inmateb(6); b(7)(C) b(6); b(7)(C) he requested Protective Custody. His case has been highly publicized and he is in SHU because Shirley Skipper-Scott Associate Warden MCC New York 150 Park Row Page 58 DOJ-OGR-00024669