And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 09:06:32 -0400
From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Native boy hog tied in solitary confinement, Saskatchewan
Wednesday, May 05, 1999
Federation wants inquiry into how boy was
treated at young offenders facility
Adam Killick
National Post, with files from Saskatoon StarPhoenix
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is calling for a public
inquiry over the treatment of a 17-year-old aboriginal boy at a young
offenders facility in Saskatoon. Darren Winegarden, a lawyer and the
director of the native umbrella group's justice commission,
said the youth, who cannot be named under provisions of the Young Offenders
Act, was hog-tied in a solitary-confinement cell, forced to listen to
classical music, and left overnight.
However, Andy Field, the director of Kilburn Hall, where the boy was
incarcerated, said he was shackled for less than two hours after he
attacked one of the guards. The classical music was used to
prevent the youth from communicating with other inmates, he said.
The youth wound up in solitary confinement because he ran 10 laps around a
gym instead of the five requested by the guards, Mr. Winegarden said.
"He was uncomfortable with that, and began kicking the door," Mr.
Winegarden said. Guards should have called in an elder to try and calm him
down, he added. "Instead, they started blasting classical
music at top volume, the kind of tactic that was used against [Panamanian
dictator Manuel] Noriega by the American Army."
When that didn't work -- even with the lights out -- five guards came to
the door with riot shields. The boy's feet and hands were handcuffed and
chained together behind his back, he said.
Mr. Field said the boy was tied up for less than two hours -- with the
lights turned on -- and only after all other avenues to calm him down had
failed. Two days passed between the running incident,
and the boy was placed in an isolation cell only after he repeatedly
refused to apologize for disobeying the guards, and after he continually
kicked the door of his own cell.
The classical music was played to prevent him from talking to another youth
in the cell next to him, and to drown out the kicking noises, he said.
Lights, which had been turned off because it was
bedtime in the ward, were put back on before guards entered the room.
Despite the shields, the boy grabbed the testicles of one of the guards and
held them for at least 30 seconds, he said.
After the incident, the boy was charged with assault, and was taken to the
police station. He was acquitted by a judge who criticized prison officials
for his treatment.
Mr. Field, who testified at the trial, said he believed the guards followed
correct protocol in dealing with the youth. "I support the staff's
actions," he said.
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