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The incarceration of Daniel Chong was an incident in April 2012 in San Diego, California, when agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) accidentally left a detainee locked in a holding room and forgot he was there. The cell contained no food, water or bathroom facilities.〔("Student's ordeal: How was Daniel Chong lost in DEA detention?" ), MSNBC, May 4, 2012〕 Five days later when he was found, he had to be hospitalized for several days for a variety of medical problems. The incident touched off a national furor, resulting in several investigations and a $20 million claim filed against the DEA. The incident has been described as a "Kafkaesque nightmare,"〔 a "debacle," and "one of the worst cases of its kind."〔Watson, Julie, and Freking, Kevin, ("Federal lawmaker: DEA debacle suggests breakdown" ), San Francisco Chronicle, May 3, 2012〕 ==Incident== At the time of the incident Daniel Chong was a 23-year-old〔〔 student at the University of California, San Diego, a senior majoring in engineering, who is originally from Cerritos in Los Angeles County. On April 20, 2012, he was at a friend's apartment in the University City neighborhood of San Diego, where he and his friends were celebrating the traditional 4/20 holiday, a day that refers to cannabis usage.〔("California Man’s ‘Drug Holiday’ Becomes Four-Day Nightmare in Holding Cell" ), New York Times, May 2, 2012〕 The apartment was raided early on the morning of April 21 by the DEA, which seized marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and 18,000 ecstasy pills, along with guns and ammunition. Chong and eight other people were transported to the DEA field office in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, where they were interrogated. Seven of the nine detainees were then taken to county jail, one was released, and Chong was accidentally left in a holding cell at the DEA office, according to the DEA.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=San Diego Man Forgotten In Cell Says He Drank Urine )〕 Chong says he was told that he had been in the wrong place at the wrong time and that he would be released and even given a ride home.〔McDonald, Jeff, ("Man abandoned in DEA cell steps forward" ), San Diego Union Tribune, May 1, 2012〕 He was placed in a holding cell, his wrists bound in handcuffs. He was then left in the windowless cell for five days despite repeated cries for help. He could hear people walking around outside the room but could not get their attention. At one point the lights went off for several days. While locked up, he was starving and hallucinating. He claimed that, while incarcerated, he had to drink his own urine for hydration, and ingested some methamphetamine that he found under a blanket inside the cell in order to keep himself awake. He attempted suicide by breaking one of the lenses in his eyeglasses, slitting his wrists with the shards and swallowing them. By the time he was discovered on April 25, he was hallucinating and completely incoherent.〔〔 Upon his discovery on April 25, Chong was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital in Serra Mesa where he remained for five days, including three in the intensive care unit.〔("UCSD student's 5-day ordeal in DEA jail sparks outrage, anger" ), Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2012〕 He was treated for various problems including dehydration, near-failure of his kidneys, and a perforated lung from eating broken glass.〔 He was never charged with any crime.〔 On May 1 he came forward with his story, accompanied by his lawyer, who said he planned to file a claim against the federal government.〔("Student who was forced to drink his own urine after being forgotten in police cell for five days sues for $20m" ), Daily Mail, May 3, 2012〕 Chong has since returned to UC San Diego and changed his major to economics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Incarceration of Daniel Chong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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