Daryl Matthews is a medical doctor and a Professor of forensic Psychiatry at the University of Hawaii. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Forensic psychiatry is a subspecialty of Psychiatry. It encompasses the interface between Law and psychiatry The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers [1] Matthews has served as a Psychiatric consultant to the US Army. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Matthews has been called in to give advice about the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, where suspects in the global war on terror are held in extrajudicial detention. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U Extrajudicial punishment is Punishment by the state or some other official authority without the permission of a Court or legal authority
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Views on the death penalty
The Guardian reports that, although he is personally opposed to the death penalty, Matthews has served as an expert witness in cases where the death penalty is a possible penalty, and his views may play a role in whether that sentences is imposed. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. [2]
Guantanamo views
CBS News cited an interview Matthews had done with the Associated Press where he commented about a June 2003 visit:[3]
- "There were many things I wanted to see that I was precluded from seeing, particularly with the interrogation issues, In no way did I get honest or accurate information. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio I feel like I was being systematically misled. "
According to CBS Matthews it was "appalling" that camp doctors were sharing information from the detainee's medical records in order to aid interrogators to use the detainee's weaknesses against them. He also said that information from the detainee's medical files could give interrogators "tremendous power". [4]
Al Jazeera attributed the following view to Matthews:[5] "Daryl Matthews, a professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Hawaii who examined the prisoners, stated that given the cultural differences between interrogators and prisoners, such a classification was difficult if not impossible. For the English-language channel see Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera (الجزيرة al-jazīrah,, meaning "The Island" "
In 2003 the British paper, The Guardian quoted Matthews about the composition of the detainee population at Guantanamo:[6]
- "They are an extremely heterogeneous group. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. There are some 40 different nationalities, there's 18 different languages, There's a big division between Arabic-speaking and Urdu-Pashto-speaking ones. There are some people who are extremely well educated and westernised, and some people who are not at all. There are some very young people and some very old and wise people. There are people who speak English well, people who don't speak English at all. There are some who go in with mental disorders there are some very secular, and some deeply devout. "
Matthews pointed out that there are more secure prisons in the USA. [2] Matthews pointed out the elements that Guantanamo detainees experienced in common with criminals in US prisons. However, Matthews also pointed out unique stressors Guantanamo detainees experienced that common criminals do not:
- "But at Guantanamo there's an added level of stress, and I think that is the thing that's somewhat unique. . . Inmates in a normal prison are focused on how much time they are going to serve, on contacting their lawyers, on being able to take constructive efforts to get out; these are important ways prisoners deal with the stress of confinement, and these guys can't do anything. "[2]
Views on Hamdan
According to The New Standard Matthews conducted clinical interviews with Salim Hamdan, one of the ten detainees who had faced charges before Guantanamo military commissions. The New Standard is a free distribution semi-monthly Jewish news publication servicing the Greater Columbus Ohio area Salim Ahmed Hamdan ( (born 1970 He was charged with "conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism" but a judge declared the judicial system in place at the Military commissions are among procedures planned by the US Bush administration to deal with Detainees it links to Al-Qaeda. [7] The New Standard reports that Matthews's court declaration about Hamdan described him as "particularly susceptible to mental coercion and false confession", because of the conditions of his detention. He also concluded that the "conditions of his confinement place Hamdan at significant risk of future psychiatric deterioration. "
References
- ^ Physicians' Obligation to Speak Out for Prisoners' Health, American Medical Association, September 2004
- ^ a b c People the law forgot (part two), The Guardian, December 3, 2003
- ^ Mass Suicide Attempts At Gitmo: Military: Jailed Terror Suspects Attempted Mass Hanging Protest, CBS News, January 24, 2005
- ^ Detainees' Medical Files Shared: Guantanamo Interrogators' Access Criticized, Washington Post, June 10, 2004
- ^ Guantanamo, Al Jazeera
- ^ People the law forgot, The Guardian, December 3, 2003
- ^ Guantanamo Prisoner First to Challenge Military Tribunals, The New Standard, June 27, 2004
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