Senior Psychologist Mulawa.

I spoke with the Senior Psychologist at Mulawa on the 25/10/2004 about how Sue was going and to also see if she knew of all the reports about Sue such as her E.C.T. "treatments" and her diagnosis of Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

I could hear Sue screaming in the background. She said it was because Sue wanted morning tea, but Sue knew that they didn't have morning tea at Mulawa. She didn't know why she was acting up. I asked her if she had been told that Sue had had E.C.T. She said she hadn't. I told her that since Sue had E.C.T. she could not retain information as well as she use to. She said that it explained a lot about Sue and the way she behaves. I told her it was a DADHC dirty little secret about Sue and that they tell no one about it.

She said she knew about her other diagnosis of Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Attachment Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder.

She said that Sue is the most complex person that she has ever come across, that they cannot cope with her and that the only way they can deal with her is to put her into isolation. She believes this is not good for Sue, that it only makes her behaviour worse when she is finally let out to mingle with the other prisoners.

She said that Sue cannot control her behaviour, and that she has let Sue know that to get out of there she has to behave but it seems to be beyond her to do so.

So if she is out of control isn't that further evidence that her Intermittent Explosive Disorder, as well as the fact that she can't retain information, is part of why she is acting the way she is? Prison will not reform Sue, it will not be the catalyst for her to behave as she has a disorder and a disability, and when you think logically about it and join all the dots it is clear that her being a calm, nice, non-violent person is beyond her right now. What she needs a secure facility, one where she can't leave the grounds, that is specifically for people with an ID and behaviour disorders, a faculty that is trained to deal with dual diagnosis clients. A facility that can work out if medication will help her at this point and use special programmes to modify her behaviour. A facility that can cope with her, one that won't throw up it arms and go "we don't know what to do".