State v. Head

This court is well aware of State v. Viegel, 5 Ohio Misc. 45, and would ordinarily defer to Judge Lamneck’s wealth of experience and wisdom. This cannot, however, in this case, be done.

We are told by penologists and psychologists that the first few days, weeks, or months of imprisonment are the most critical in the treatment and correction of prisoners. We are told by these same experts that for some prisoners all the therapy needed is the slam of the gates behind them, the loss of personal effects, the delousing, and the prospect that this will be the life to be endured for an indeterminate…