Darreonna Davis Former Contributor

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#R&B singer #R.Kelly has been wrongly placed on #suicidewatch at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, his #lawyer Jennifer Bonjean said Friday, and he is being “irreparably harmed” because of it, she claimed, after the 55-year-old was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for racketeering and sex trafficking.

Singer #R.Kelly placed under #suicidewatch, his #lawyer says, after being sentenced to 30 years

KEY FACTS

According to Bonjean, the prison psychology department told her, “he is on psych alert for various reasons, such as age, crime, publicity and sentencing.”

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, its psychology services staff perform psychological intake “only on inmates who are suspected of being suicidal or appear psychologically unstable (e.g., #mentalillness or significant #substanceabuse withdrawal), or who request services via the Psychology Services Inmate Questionnaire.”

Bonjean said Kelly is not suicidal.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons told Forbes it does not share the "conditions of confinement or internal security practices for any particular inmate."

Kelly was previously placed on #suicidewatch after he was convicted last September.

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CRUCIAL QUOTE

“He’s being irreparably harmed as we speak… .It’s not as if they’re doing this for his psychological benefit, and by placing him under these extremely harsh conditions…it is actually cruel and unusual punishment,” Bonjean said.

TANGENT

#GhislaineMaxwell, the socialite who was sentenced to 20 years on June 28 for sex trafficking her ex-boyfriend, financier #JeffreyEpstein’s, victims, was also placed on #suicidewatch at MDC after she said she didn’t feel safe among the Brooklyn jail’s staff.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Bonjean told Forbes she is filing an order to show cause for placing him under #suicidewatch.

FURTHER READING

#R.Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years For Sex Trafficking And Racketeering (Forbes)

#R&B Singer #R.Kelly Found Guilty Of Sex Trafficking, Racketeering (Forbes)

#R.Kelly placed on #suicidewatch after being sentenced to 30 years in prison, his #lawyer says (CNN)
https://standingabovethecrowd.com/2022/12/jamesdonaldson-on-mentalhealth-r-kelly-placed-on-suicidewatch-days-after-prison-sentencing-lawyer-says/