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]
I don’t understand voluntary surrender at the correct place to avoid? Aren’t they all prison…?
If they have an outstanding warrant, they can surrender themselves at the prison they are meant to be incarcerated in. Otherwise they may get arrested in another state or town and be transported
Ah okay, thanks