Denise Paley

that state of torture now for over a year, but he is still living in incarceration. So his illness, because he really was not able to act in his own best interests, you know, for the first few years. So he couldn't really get in front of a judge because there were no provisions within the system to treat anosognosia or to treat him to get him to a state where he would be well enough.

There seems to be a strong delay in the state of Connecticut in adjudicating cases for people who have serious mental illness. So in the state, you are much more likely to be unsentenced with serious mental illness than to be sentenced.

There seems to be a strong delay in the state of Connecticut in adjudicating cases for people who have serious mental illness. So in the state, you are much more likely to be unsentenced with serious mental illness than to be sentenced.

There seems to be a strong delay in the state of Connecticut in adjudicating cases for people who have serious mental illness. So in the state, you are much more likely to be unsentenced with serious mental illness than to be sentenced.

overall in the state. And even where he's being held in the prison that he's in serves mostly people with serious mental illness. Those people with mental illness that are there, more of them are unsentenced than are sentenced. And the greatest population that seems to be suffering in the state of Connecticut are young men under the age of 26.

overall in the state. And even where he's being held in the prison that he's in serves mostly people with serious mental illness. Those people with mental illness that are there, more of them are unsentenced than are sentenced. And the greatest population that seems to be suffering in the state of Connecticut are young men under the age of 26.

overall in the state. And even where he's being held in the prison that he's in serves mostly people with serious mental illness. Those people with mental illness that are there, more of them are unsentenced than are sentenced. And the greatest population that seems to be suffering in the state of Connecticut are young men under the age of 26.

So the people with the greatest trajectory ahead of them sit languishing in our prison system. This entire time, he has not had any opportunity to further his education. Not that he really could have while he was so ill. He's had no education. He's had no vocational education. He's not allowed to have any contact. I've not hugged him in almost five years.

So the people with the greatest trajectory ahead of them sit languishing in our prison system. This entire time, he has not had any opportunity to further his education. Not that he really could have while he was so ill. He's had no education. He's had no vocational education. He's not allowed to have any contact. I've not hugged him in almost five years.

So the people with the greatest trajectory ahead of them sit languishing in our prison system. This entire time, he has not had any opportunity to further his education. Not that he really could have while he was so ill. He's had no education. He's had no vocational education. He's not allowed to have any contact. I've not hugged him in almost five years.

The only physical contact he receives is being shackled and strip searched for visits to hearings that have ultimately been continued. His case has been continued 48 times. In January, we'll have our 49th.

The only physical contact he receives is being shackled and strip searched for visits to hearings that have ultimately been continued. His case has been continued 48 times. In January, we'll have our 49th.

The only physical contact he receives is being shackled and strip searched for visits to hearings that have ultimately been continued. His case has been continued 48 times. In January, we'll have our 49th.

In the beginning, it was because he was ill. And then a lot of it is just bureaucracy and the way the system works in Connecticut. It just gets kicked down the road. We show up and we leave. We show up knowing that nothing's going to happen and then we leave. For him, every time he still has to go, even though nothing constructive is going to happen. So he is shackled.

In the beginning, it was because he was ill. And then a lot of it is just bureaucracy and the way the system works in Connecticut. It just gets kicked down the road. We show up and we leave. We show up knowing that nothing's going to happen and then we leave. For him, every time he still has to go, even though nothing constructive is going to happen. So he is shackled.

In the beginning, it was because he was ill. And then a lot of it is just bureaucracy and the way the system works in Connecticut. It just gets kicked down the road. We show up and we leave. We show up knowing that nothing's going to happen and then we leave. For him, every time he still has to go, even though nothing constructive is going to happen. So he is shackled.

He is strip searched and shackled sometimes multiple times because transporters are what they call the bullpen. I mean, there's a saying in the court system, they call it bullpen psychology. They go through this so many times, they just give up and they take a plea deal just because it is so psychologically taxing. We just want to know what's going to happen to him.

He is strip searched and shackled sometimes multiple times because transporters are what they call the bullpen. I mean, there's a saying in the court system, they call it bullpen psychology. They go through this so many times, they just give up and they take a plea deal just because it is so psychologically taxing. We just want to know what's going to happen to him.

He is strip searched and shackled sometimes multiple times because transporters are what they call the bullpen. I mean, there's a saying in the court system, they call it bullpen psychology. They go through this so many times, they just give up and they take a plea deal just because it is so psychologically taxing. We just want to know what's going to happen to him.

He just wants to know what his fate is going to be just to be sentenced already. Five years. He has essentially been discarded. He has been attacked physically. He's been mentally tortured. He was 155 pounds at the time of his arrest. He's probably 250 pounds now. There's no exercise. There's infrequent access to fresh air. It's a brutal, brutal existence.