Diesel therapy is slang for prison transportation in the United States in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks; the term refers to the diesel fuel used in prisoner transport vehicles. [1]
It has been alleged that some inmates are deliberately sent to incorrect destinations as an exercise of diesel therapy. [2] Voluntary surrender at the prison where the inmate will serve his time is recommended as a way of avoiding diesel therapy. [3]
Diesel therapy is sometimes used on disruptive inmates, including gang members. [4]
The case of former U.S. Representative George V. Hansen [ citation needed ]involved accusations of diesel therapy, as did the case of Susan McDougal,[ citation needed ] one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy. Other alleged recipients include Rudy Stanko, [5] who was also the defendant in the speeding case that ended Montana's "free speed" period. [6] [7]
The term "diesel therapy," or "dumping," [8] is also used to refer to a method by law-enforcement personnel of getting rid of troublesome individuals by placing them on a bus to another jurisdiction. [9] This is also known as bus therapy and is akin to Greyhound therapy in health care. The most recent victims of diesel therapy include many J6 prisoners.