Concerning restraining methods....
In all likelihood, the military used standard law enforcement shackles that
are chainable to any seat the prisoner sits in. The shackles are designed to
limit the range of motion a person can use for his hands and legs, but they
don't completely immobilize them. They would in fact immobilize them enough
that they could not feed themselves (hence being fed by guards), but they do
allow some movement.
Now I personally would not like to wear them for 20 hours. In training, we
each wore them for up to 30 minutes and they were uncomfortable, but yet
they were livable. It is not unusual for a prisoner to have to wear them
eight or ten hours while in court.
As for sedating a prisoner, that is not totally unheard of here in the US.
There are strict rules that are followed, and I am sure that there are rules
to prevent a prisoner from making statements or such while sedated, but it
does happen. There is nothing medically unethical about it. It is done to
protect the prisoner, the guards and the public.
If anyone really wants to get into a medical ethics debate, then we should
discuss the administration of a lethal injection by medical personnel for an
execution.
Gary
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Gary L. Nunn
Delaware Ohio
"...speak your mind - even if your voice shakes..."
- Maggie Kuhn
