Diesel therapy
Diesel therapy is a form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks.[1] It has been described as "the cruelest aspect of being a federal inmate."[2] It has been alleged that some inmates are deliberately sent to incorrect destinations as an exercise of diesel therapy.[3] Voluntary surrender at the prison where the inmate will serve his time is recommended as a way of avoiding diesel therapy.[4] The case of George V. Hansen involved accusations of diesel therapy, as did the case of Susan McDougal. Diesel therapy is sometimes used on disruptive inmates, including gang members.[5]
The term "diesel therapy," or "dumping,"[6] is also used to refer to a method by law-enforcement personnel of getting rid of troublesome individuals by placing them on a bus to another jurisdiction.[7] This is also known as bus therapy and is akin to Greyhound therapy in health care.
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