Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s government is asking the provincial court to penalize an Anishinabe man for allegedly breaching court rules following the publication of information and video from inside a youth jail showing staff immobilizing him with a full body restraint device while he wept, hyperventilated and asked for death.
The August 2010 internal jail video captured several moments inside Regina’s Paul Dojack Youth Centre. According to the video and files obtained by CBC News, Matthew Michel, then 15, was bound for two hours in a device called the Wrap, which kept his body restrained in a forward sitting position at a near 45-degree angle with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Moe’s government is asking the Court of King’s Bench to impose a “substantial penalty” against Michel following reporting by CBC News about his treatment while in the youth correctional system, according to a recent notice of application filed in court.
Saskatchewan claims in the court filing that the “videos, pictures and documents” used in reporting by CBC News came “from the materials that Saskatchewan disclosed” as part of litigation filed by Michel against the provincial government.
Scott Moe is more pissed his government’s torture of incarcerated youth has been exposed than he is it’s actually still happening.
Fuck Scott Moe.
Edit … here is the video
WARNING – this video is extremely disturbing.
So what’s the physiology of this thing? It doesn’t look uncomfortable.
The video shows what it does and the commentary explains what it does.
It is very difficult to watch tho.
I didn’t want to to watch the video so found this article with some better insight and details on the original incident and the video - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-wrap-restraint-youth-use-1.6885941
Some cherry picked paragraphs:
Michel, then 15, begged for death after spending two hours in the Wrap at the Paul Dojack Youth Centre, according to internal jail video and files obtained by CBC News.
Michel was kept in the Wrap for over three hours that day.
In Saskatchewan’s youth jails, it’s meant to be used an hour at a time, unless in exceptional circumstances and under appropriate authorization, according to provincial policy. The policy further says it should only be used as a last resort to stop self-harm or violent behaviour.
You’ll have to read the article for the method. It doesn’t sound like torture, but it doesn’t sound very comfortable either. The fact that it’s meant to be used an hour at a time suggests that it’s a bit beyond uncomfortable.
Yeah, I just watched it. How does it strain muscles? Like, I fully believe the dude was not having a good time (and Sask. is being a giant asshole asking for the case thrown out) but I don’t get it.
It puts an enormous amount of weight on two specific muscles. Those muscles are not meant to bear much weight for extended periods, so pain continually increases. There can be temporary damage to the muscles, but permanent damage can’t really happen, so it’s ideal for torturing people when you don’t want any evidence.
Oh, okay. It really looks like a chair, but obviously I haven’t tried it. Which muscles, out of curiosity?
I guess it becomes a problem when they over tight It and also leave the person in it for a long time. Apparently they left him in there for multiple hours. He must have had massive muscle cramps
“Hey, you know those rules designed to protect victims and those we are charged with supervising and protecting? Why don’t we use those to punish them and protect ourselves?”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
According to the video and files obtained by CBC News, Matthew Michel, then 15, was bound for two hours in a device called the Wrap, which kept his body restrained in a forward sitting position at a near 45-degree angle with his hands cuffed behind his back.
“We were deeply shocked and upset upon reviewing reports and video involving Mr. Michel and the use of the wrap in Saskatchewan youth custody facilities,” said the statement.
Saskatchewan’s court filing claims that if Michel disclosed the information and videos to CBC News, he breached what is known as the “implied undertaking rule” governing civil cases.
CBC News obtained videos depicting 10 incidents involving the use of the Wrap on young offenders inside Saskatchewan correctional facilities between 2009 and 2012.
They showed Saskatchewan youth jail staff used the Wrap to punish Michel and to force his compliance, according to internal records obtained by CBC News.
CBC News also showed several minutes from the youth jail videos to Gabor Maté, a prominent therapist and author who studies and writes about the relationship between trauma and childhood development.
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