Reply #6: The "take down" is used in prisons, normally to subdue an out of control

[merh]

inmate. Ideally, the technique is used in cell extractions, when the inmate has posed a threat to himself and will not leave his cell.

CERT (Corrections Emergency Response Team) is called in to control the inmate, the idea is to subdue with minimal risk to the inmate and the guards.

Read this article on CERT http://www.corrections.com/articles/16253



The video linked at this forum gives you a "vague" understanding. http://forums.prisonofficer.org/main-control/3464-priso...

What it sounds like to me is they (the interrogation staff over the detainees) perverted the "take down" and it was used to control and intimidate a detainee that was compliant and that didn't pose a danger or a threat to himself of others.

Edited to add this link:
Even well trained CERTs can be used improperly and become GOON SQUADS.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/prison/okaloosa.html

More videos of cell extractions:

This is a video of the training of the military
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLjfqdwS2XI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxxcCBpOSM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXCAovElzvg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64sWzzhSWEE

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