On April 20, 2017 I personally observed Deputy Daniel Hilts degrade a developmentally disabled woman in the cell next to me at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC). She had asked for clean clothes when Hilts responded by making fun of her speech impediment by telling her to "open your mouth when you talk" and mocking her by going "blah blah blahhhhh" repeatedly. His victim spent all day in her cell talking to herself or running around, but sometimes she sang popular music, read outloud, or screamed at imaginary people. Whatever she was doing one thing was clear, she spoke slower than most and had a severe lisp. I think she might have some dual diagnosis of schizophrenia and down syndrome or some other type of retardation.
I was surprised to hear a woman in a cell in the same unit, but it was a special segregation unit. Part of the 4th floor at MCDC known as "the hole" or "the dungeon." People are put there for disciplinary reasons or for just being crazy. I was in there for refusing to get off the attorney phone before being assaulted by a different deputy. I was in cell 4E12 and she was in 4E11.
I find it despicable that Deputy Hilts would treat someone like her like that in a place like that. She could not aid or assist in her own defense let alone stand up to a guard for herself.