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The U.N. Calls Restraint Chairs Torture. Illinois Jails Use Them Every Day. (illinoisanswers.org)

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Similarly, child "treatment" programs are using improper restraints on children all the time. I'm not talking about overtly abusive places like the Elan School, I'm talking about places that supposedly get regular health and DCS inspections.

This is one in my town and it is in no way unusual if you look at reviews for such facilities.

https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/former-worker-claims-mistreatment/

The allegations include complaints that restraint holds are used on children, not because the kids are a threat to themselves or others, but as a form of retribution.

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Sallee says he witnessed a restraint of a 10 year old boy. The supervisors he observed restraining the child did not use a child restraint.

Instead, Sallee says two grown men, one weighing close to 300 pounds put their body weight on the child’s back and legs.

“I noticed his breathing was irregular, he could barely speak because they were suffocating him,” Sallee said.

Sallee says the supervisors twisted the boys arms and informed him that he was being restrained because he was going to attempt to flee the facility in the snow without a coat or shoes.

Sallee observed the child was wearing both.

And no, DCS didn't do shit. They had them do an internal investigation:

After reporting what he saw to the department of child services and reaching out to the media, Sallee says Gibault conducted an internal investigation.

The two employees were suspended.

I sat down with a former co-worker who was hesitant to come forward and asked to remain anonymous.

I was told that the employees’ suspension was brief and they did return to Gibault.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

...Believing he was being unjustly detained, he yelled and cursed at officers who put him in a restraint chair at the county jail.

When I was a kid my parents sent me to an upscale private boarding school. When we were speaking to superiors, we had to yell loud enough to shake walls. When we didn't yell loud enough, we were punished. This yelling mandate/training went on for an entire year called the plebe year. Yet, when we yell in real-life adult situations, we are somehow considered insane and dangerous? Perhaps states should not allow schools to intentionally teach yelling as a compulsory-school training technique?