Disability News Japan Podcast: Suspected Abuse at Care Facilities for People with Disabilities in Mie Reported

By Barrier Free Japan

September 2 2023

JAPAN – In August, it was discovered that there was a suspicion that a staff member assaulted a resident at a facility for the disabled in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture.

According to Mie Prefecture, Inaba-en, a facility for the disabled in Inaba-cho, Tsu City, there was a whistleblower report on August 25 that there was a suspicion of abuse. It was shown how to assault an adult resident with a disability.

On August 30, Tsu City announced that at Mukunoki Work, a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Geino-cho, Tsu City, a patient with disabilities was left behind for about 25 minutes in a pickup truck. It is believed that this was due to the fact that the staff did not know the number of people in the vehicle, and the city instructed the staff to take measures to prevent recurrence of such an incident.

According to the city authorities and others, after 9:00 am on August 29th, a car with six users arrived at the facility, and five people got off. After that, it is said that the user who was left behind contacted the facility by mobile phone, “I want you to drop me off.”

Episode Notes: 

Left in a pickup truck, disabled person calls Mie facility on his cell phone asking to be dropped off

Suspected Assault by Staff Member at a Mie Facility of Disabled Resident, Confirmed by Security Camera, Another Staff Member also Committed “psychological abuse”