Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Youth lock-ups blasted

Youth lock-ups blasted

Just around the corner from the Eaton Centre, a psychiatric facility is locking up youngsters who don't belong in secure custody, provincial documents reveal.

In one case, a 15-year-old girl's “moderately eccentric interests” in origami and the study of bugs were cited by a psychiatrist at Youthdale Treatment Centre as examples of a possible mental disorder. Another teen's admission of having unprotected sex was taken as evidence of a suicide wish because such behaviour could lead to AIDS.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous3:33 AM

    Check out Fornits.com http://www.fornits.com/phpbb/ for information about private residential treatment programs and the horrible abuses and deaths within them.

    Also check out Restoring Dignity:

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8503341651

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