During a sweep of the correction facility where you work an inmate swallows contraband.In response, your Sargent orders you to shackle the inmate to a chair and keep him there for five days.Inmate watch procedures describe not shackling an inmate for more than 72 hours or 3 days.During this time, your Sargeant also orders you to strip search and cavity search him 17 times.During the five day period, the inmate comes up positive for drugs on a test that was ordered and will be charged with drug possession. Your Sargeant tells you to keep up the ordered treatment for the remaining time since in his words "we have to teach this inmate a lesson."

• What if any actions should you take?
• Do you confront the Sergeant?
• If he continues on the path he is on, do you go over his head to a supervisor?
• What if his supervisor agrees with him, do you need to go further?
• Do you ever at any point stop complaining and just comply?