If this were done, Ashley probably would have never any interactions with the correctional services.
- October 21, 2003 is significant because it is the reason Ashley ended up in the criminal justice system after throwing a crab apple at a postal worker. Ashley should have never been sentenced to any days in closed custody because of threatening to self-harm. I would have immediately sent Ashley to a treatment centre for mental illness. This would have kept Ashley out of Closed Custody where all her problems began and she may still be alive today if she had received the right treatment.
- September 2006 is significant because Ashley has attempted to self-harm sixteen times. She should have been taken to a doctor right away and treatment should have been established. She should have immediately been taken out of closed custody. This would have reduced the risk of Ashley Trying to harm herself again if she was in a place where it could be dealt with properly. .
September 24, 2007 is significant because Ashley talked to Kim Pate, telling her that she has asked to be removed from segregation and placed in a hospital to get help. Ashley's request should have been granted and she should have been to a hospital that was better to deal with her needs. If Ashley were granted her request to be transferred to a hospital, she would have had people who could have given her to treatment and help she needed. There is a high chance that if she were moved to a hospital her death would have never occurred. .
Death of Ashley Smith.
With Ashley's history of mental illness and self-harm attempts no treatment plan or psychological testing was given to her. She was placed in segregation in conditions that were inhumane she was not a lot to have cloths except for a gown, no bed, hygiene products or anything else that they deemed were not safe for her to have in her cell. Ashley had 150 security incidents, which mostly involved restraints, use of gas and force of medication, which is against the rules of the corrections institutions (Backgrounder, A Preventable Death).
