ARKANSAS – Juvenile detention facilities across the state are coming under fire for using a disturbing restraint device that some are calling ‘torture.’
The device is known as the ‘WRAP’ system. According to state officials, the device is used to restrain minor detainees ‘when verbal deescalation is not working’ – sometimes for hours on end.
The system involves binding a child’s arms and legs together using straps and handcuffs, and sometimes involves shrouding the child’s face with a hood or a helmet.
Photos from the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center in Danville, Arkansas, have raised eyebrows following their exposure through a FOIA request. Questions are being raised about whether the treatment is ethical or humane.
The Danville facility has been shown to strap detainees with a mask which appears to be covered with duct tape and decorated as a cartoonish, dehumanizing cross-eyed effigy.
This post was published at Police State USA on October 16, 2014.
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