For Dr. Petit's sake, the state needs to do whatever is needed to make sure Hayes will be brought to swift justice. If that means turning the lights off now and then, and making sure he takes his medication, then they need to find a way to do this. He doesn't need the Hilton, just to be sane enough for justice to be served.
There is no reason for the courts to call a halt to all proceedings while complaints about Hayes' sleeping arrangements are processed. A potential jury pool can be interviewed, ready for when Hayes is deemed competent to face them. If the prison's chief psychiatrist is on vacation, the deputy should be able to fill in. Any prison nurse can provide him the proper medication.
And if Ullmann plans on using any more measuring sticks to determine if Hayes is being treated inhumanely, he should ask Dr. Petit for his thoughts on that night at his home in Cheshire.
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