At a support facility for the disabled in Betsukai, East Hokkaido, a male resident who was locked in a second-floor room by a male staff member fell out of a window and sustained injuries. The Hokkaido Prefectural Government is conducting interviews with the staff to investigate the possibility that the incident may have been an act of abuse.
The former director of a facility (87) for the disabled in Nishi Ward, Sakai City, was arrested and indicted for quasi-forced indecency.
It was not only the users of the care home whom were victimized. Staff members were also subjected to assault, verbal abuse, and power harassment. One staff member was abused and told that he was “incompetent” and “crazy,” and that he should go to a hospital to get checked out. Another employee had documents thrown at him and was punched in the face. Some resigned because they could no longer stand the harassment.
The former vice president of a social welfare corporation in Fuchu City, Tokyo, had repeatedly abused mentally disabled patients for about 10 years. Kyodo News obtained an investigation report compiled by the corporation’s third-party committee. Although there have been a total of more than a dozen whistle-blowing and reports to the government, Fuchu City failed to recognize the abuse for about seven years.
An investigation by a third-party committee established by the city confirmed that the former vice president of the corporation had been physically and psychologically abusing several patients for about 10 years.
The woman’s face was lifeless and she had brown bruises. She got up from her wheelchair and tried to step forward, but collapsed to her knees after two or three steps.
According to the prefectural police force’s first criminal investigation division, Yumiko had been locked in the closet from the outside. She had meals regularly, but is believed to have been locked up several dozen times over the space of three months. She escaped when the four went out, and police took her into protective custody in Kobe’s Tarumi Ward on the evening of June 20. She was in a wheelchair, and suffering from eye and back injuries, but her injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
Japan has confirmed 914 cases of inappropriate child care, including 90 cases of abuse, at nursery schools across the country between April and December 2022, a survey by the Children and Families Agency showed Friday. Of the 90 abuse cases, there were 36 cases of physical abuse, 42 cases of mental abuse, 20 cases of sexual abuse and four neglect cases. They include cases involving two or more abuse types.
After the results of a prefectural government’s Internet survey revealed that 35.3% of Chiba residents answered that they “felt” human rights violations against the disabled, it might be interesting to to review the other recent reports of alleged abuse against Chiba residents with disabilities.
The results of the prefectural government’s Internet survey revealed that 35.3% of Chiba residents answered that they “felt” human rights violations against the disabled, and more than one out of three people believe that there are human rights violations. 17.3% answered that they “felt” human rights violations against LGBT and other sexual minorities.
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