This is STILL going on!! 3 of the 4 facilities given cease & desist orders are refusing to stop using this device on children. Time to be taking names. ozarksfirst/story/d/story/state-urges-juvenile-detention-to-stop-using-wrap/19266/RvGj-XafJ0a5HRRXHo1N6Q According to the state, the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center used it to restrain minors at its facility for up to four hours at a time. State Juvenile Ombudsman Scott Tanner investigates complaints within the juvenile detention system. He says several youths housed in the Yell County facility voiced concern about the WRAP, so he went to Danville to experience it himself. Thats him in the photo, which was taken in September. In his report that followed, Tanner says the WRAP caused difficulty breathing and increased anxiety. He also says it presents a risk for head injury and violates state standards, which say any placement of juveniles must be therapeutic and not punitive. In the report, Tanner also mentions his interviews with juvenile detainees. He says their descriptions of the WRAP were consistent: It is torture. This should not happen to kids. Tanner says the juveniles told him the restraint was additionally humiliating and traumatizing because they were restrained in the wrap in front of other detainees.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:27:48 +0000
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