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Further, “No care is taken of them, although it is probable that by medicines, and proper regimen, some of them might be restored to their senses, and usefulness in life”.</p> <p>Not much has changed. Global estimates suggest that nine out of 10 prisoners have at least one mental or substance use disorder. Some reasons for the high prevalence of mental disorders in prisons include higher risk of arrest for sufferers of mental disorder, inadequate services for mental healthcare, poor identification of mental disorders at entry into prison, and inefficient psychiatric assessments during legal proceedings. </p> <p>The goal of mental healthcare in detention facilities is to ensure treatment for mental disorders, and to assist courts when a detainee’s mental capacity is in question. But at the intersection of these facilities and the community, the broader objective includes preventing sufferers of mental disorders from becoming victims or violators of law. </p> <p>Pakistan has an estimated 80,000 individuals detained in its prisons — twice the existing capacity. Most of these detainees have yet to be convicted. The purpose of our jails is custody, control, care and correction. But the power dynamics underpinning ‘custody’ and ‘control’ are at odds with the need for ‘care’ and ‘correction’ critical for mental healthcare. These prisons are thus poor settings for psychiatric treatment. </p> <blockquote> <p>Our jails are poor settings for psychiatric treatment.</p> </blockquote> <p>At present, we have no mechanisms to identify mental disorders in these facilities; essential medicines are unavailable; health records are poorly maintained; medical staff is not trained; and there is lack of continuity of care. Consider the case of Khizar Hayat, who suffered from a psychotic illness but remained on death row for 16 years. He was assessed by more than 11 psychiatrists in jail over that period, but was never adequately treated and died of medical complications. </p> <p>In the context of our prisons, the role of a psychiatrist needs to be divided: treating physicians for detainees and forensic psychiatrists tasked with producing independent court reports. The former should operate on establishing a patient-doctor relationship, whereas the latter should strive for objectivity to assist the legal process. </p> <p>In Pakistan, both roles are filled by psychiatrists in provincial health services. They are not independent; are poorly trained to conduct forensic assessments; work in resource-scarce environments; are deprived of legal protection and vulnerable themselves to the system’s vagaries. </p> <p>The process by which psychiatric assessments are conducted and court reports prepared is also far from desirable. Courts often fail to communicate their reasons for seeking psychiatric opinions. Hospitals constitute ‘boards’ comprising senior health professionals, some of whom might not even be qualified to assess mental states. In other cases, an amicable group of psychiatrists is asked to offer assessments with the basic understanding that they are there to help dispose the case at the earliest and to avoid dissent.</p> <p>Such hurried assessments are nearly always incomplete and often inaccurate. The reports are brief, heavy on medical jargon, and almost always missing the essential testament of capacity ie fitness for trial or sentence. </p> <p>Judges who have little understanding of the context of psychiatric morbidity are unable to interpret these reports, and conveniently disqualify mental impairment, thus depriving patients of their basic rights. Even if a patient is declared unfit for judicial proceedings, there is no formal mechanism to ensure treatment in the community to break the vicious cycle of reoffending.</p> <p>Like other low- and middle-income countries in the region, Pakistan has consistently ignored the rights of incarcerated sufferers of mental disorders. </p> <p>A social and behavioural paradigm shift is essential if our custodial services are to improve. Prisons must be screened for mental disorders at the moment of entry and at other critical intervals; ensure the provision of regular mental healthcare in detention facilities; and commit to an effective referral system with specialist services. </p> <p>Psychiatrists need to be better trained, and courts must ensure equitable justice for sufferers. The provinces must implement mental health legislation that states that mentally unwell prisoners be assessed and provided with appropriate psychiatric care. The collective challenge for stakeholders is to help promote the recovery of the mentally ill in detention facilities by modifying present judicial processes and turning our prison environments into truly reformative opportunities.</p> <p><em>The writer is a consultant psychiatrist.</em></p> <p><strong>Twitter: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://twitter.com/AsmaHumayun">@AsmaHumayun</a></strong></p> <p><em>The National Academy for Prison Administration, with ICRC support, is organising a dialogue on ‘Mental healthcare in Detention Facilities’ on April 27.</em></p> <p><em>Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2019</em></p> </div> </div>   <div class="template__footer clearfix modifier--open px-1 "> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-11"> <div class="ml-0 ml-sm-6 px-0 px-sm-2"> <hr> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> </div> <div class="col-12 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style="float:left;width:32.333333333333%;margin-right:1.5%;">  <article class="box story pl-0 pr-sm-1" data-id="1477903" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477903" class="story__title text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477903/this-is-not-funny-anymore-pm-imrans-statement-in-iran-comes-under-intense-opposition-attack" class="story__link">'This is not funny anymore': PM Imran's statement in Iran comes under intense opposition attack </a></h2> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom border-grey-lighter last-child-border-none" data-id="5" style="float:left;width:32.333333333333%;">  <article class="box story pl-0 pr-sm-1" data-id="1477932" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477932" class="story__title text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a 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top-ups, wraps up suo motu case </a></h2> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom border-grey-lighter last-child-border-none" data-id="7" style="float:left;width:32.333333333333%;margin-right:1.5%;">  <article class="box story pl-0 pr-sm-1" data-id="1477939" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477939" class="story__title text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477939/saudi-arabia-beheads-37-prisoners-for-terrorism-crimes" class="story__link">Saudi Arabia beheads 37 prisoners for terrorism crimes </a></h2> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom border-grey-lighter last-child-border-none" data-id="8" style="float:left;width:32.333333333333%;">  <article class="box story pl-0 pr-sm-1" data-id="1478141" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478141" class="story__title text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478141/sri-lanka-admits-major-lapse-over-deadly-easter-blasts-as-toll-rises-to-359" class="story__link">Sri Lanka admits 'major' lapse over deadly Easter blasts as toll rises to 359 </a></h2> </article>  </div> </div><div class="popular-row lap-and-up-border--bottom border-grey-lighter last-child-border-none"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/must-read">Must read</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0pr-sm-2 mb-2 palm-border--bottom border-grey-lighter equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478514" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478514/editorial-sexism-in-politics-not-only-reflects-misogyny-but-also-perpetuates-it"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc275c07c05a.jpg" alt="Editorial: Sexism in politics not only reflects misogyny but also perpetuates it"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478514" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478514/editorial-sexism-in-politics-not-only-reflects-misogyny-but-also-perpetuates-it" class="story__link">Editorial: Sexism in politics not only reflects misogyny but also perpetuates it </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia "> It is time to acknowledge — and address — the issue of sexism in politics. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478503" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478503/fighting-the-influence-of-pml-n-is-a-long-term-project"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc270e1f1b0c.jpg" alt="Fighting the influence of PML-N is a long-term project"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478503" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478503/fighting-the-influence-of-pml-n-is-a-long-term-project" class="story__link">Fighting the influence of PML-N is a long-term project </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478316" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478316/three-things-asad-umar-failed-at-that-cost-him-his-job"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc18793a2327.jpg" alt="Three things Asad Umar failed at that cost him his job"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478316" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478316/three-things-asad-umar-failed-at-that-cost-him-his-job" class="story__link">Three things Asad Umar failed at that cost him his job </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8150/uzair-younus">Uzair Younus</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478340" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 " data-focus-x="25.125%" data-focus-y="67.292%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478340/new-missile-gap-leaves-us-scrambling-to-counter-china"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc1d2a88f332.jpg?0.930386412930234" alt="New missile gap leaves US scrambling to counter China"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478340" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478340/new-missile-gap-leaves-us-scrambling-to-counter-china" class="story__link">New missile gap leaves US scrambling to counter China </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/422/reuters">Reuters</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478332" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478332/bilawal-responds-to-pm-imran-khans-sahiba-comment-with-more-sexism-and-thats-wrong"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc1aa5886dff.jpg" alt="Bilawal responds to PM Imran Khan's 'sahiba' comment with more sexism. And that's wrong"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478332" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478332/bilawal-responds-to-pm-imran-khans-sahiba-comment-with-more-sexism-and-thats-wrong" class="story__link">Bilawal responds to PM Imran Khan's 'sahiba' comment with more sexism. And that's wrong </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 palm-border--bottom border-grey-lighter equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478456" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478456/trumps-middle-east-plan"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc264a8ae2da.jpg" alt="Trump’s Middle East plan"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478456" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478456/trumps-middle-east-plan" class="story__link">Trump’s Middle East plan </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">What will be the costs as America continues to tighten the noose around Iran’s neck? </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478455" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478455/change-and-survival"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc264507d098.jpg" alt="Change and survival"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478455" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478455/change-and-survival" class="story__link">Change and survival </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/165/asha-ar-rehman">Asha’ar Rehman</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Perhaps there’s a more difficult question that troubles the minds of the good souls always looking for change. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478454" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478454/rising-goodness"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc263f71ddf4.jpg" alt="Rising goodness"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478454" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478454/rising-goodness" class="story__link">Rising goodness </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/975/zubeida-mustafa">Zubeida Mustafa</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Some good is coming out of a little village of 3,605 people. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478453" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478453/prisons-of-the-mind"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc26379141b1.jpg" alt="Prisons of the mind"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478453" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478453/prisons-of-the-mind" class="story__link">Prisons of the mind </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/168/asma-humayun">Asma Humayun</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Our jails are poor settings for psychiatric treatment. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478265" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478265/keynes-in-islamabad"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc117d45380f.jpg" alt="Keynes in Islamabad"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478265" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478265/keynes-in-islamabad" class="story__link">Keynes in Islamabad </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426042422/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8439/aqdas-afzal">Aqdas Afzal</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Had Keynes been our finance minister, he would have serious reservations. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div 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