Graphic videos filed in a Tennessee court on Tuesday show a death row inmate who has just returned from the hospital repeatedly telling officers that he is in pain as they strap him so tightly to a bed that his arms turn purple.
Henry Hodges is suing the Tennessee Department of Correction over his treatment by prison staff after what his attorney has said was a psychotic episode last October. Hodges slit his wrists and then cut off his penis after he was put on suicide watch Oct. 7. He was hospitalized for about two weeks, and his penis was reattached. However, weeks later, Hodges’ penis had to be surgically removed after necrosis set in, according to court records.
