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‘New straitjacket’ controversy
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On December 8, 2023, a prisoner died of suffocation after being restrained in wraps at the Jefferson City Prison in Missouri. Photo =
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Yonhap News/Jefferson City Jail
Controversy has arisen after it was revealed that African nationals residing illegally in the United States were forcibly deported to Ghana while tied in full-body straitjackets.
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According to the news agency, Mr. A, a Nigerian man, was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (
ICE
) explained that the experience of being forcibly deported to Ghana was like being ‘kidnapped.’
The man involved in the federal lawsuit was deported to Ghana, not his country, last month. he is
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The staff woke the prisoners up in the middle of the night, shackled their hands and feet, and told them they would send them to Ghana. “But none of us were from Ghana.”
Mr. A said he wanted to speak to a lawyer, but the police refused. Afterwards, men wearing shackles were given a full-body straitjacket called ‘wrap’ (
WRAP
) and put him on a plane to West Africa for 16 hours. It is said that prisoners called the full-body straitjacket “burrito” or “the bag.”
Mr. A described his experience of being moved to a detention center in Ghana, saying, “I felt like I had been kidnapped.” However, due to concerns of retaliation, anonymously
He added that he would agree to an interview.
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Full body straitjacket ‘RAM’ (WRAP). Photo – Safe Restrains
Wrap is a safety restraint system produced by American manufacturer Safe Restraints. It consists of a mask that covers the face to prevent spitting, a harness that restrains the upper body with a set of handcuffs, a lower body straitjacket with a three-stage buckle that prevents leg movement, and ankle shackles.
The U.S. government began purchasing ‘lab’ in late 2015 during the Obama administration. In particular, the purchase of straitjackets increased significantly during the Trump administration, and it is said that 91% of the items were purchased during the two administrations. but
does not disclose lab usage records, so the detailed number of uses cannot be confirmed.
In addition to Mr. A, several deported foreigners claimed that they were put in straitjackets during the deportation process.
Juan Antonio Pineda, from El Salvador, who was sent to the Mexican border late last month, also said he had experience being put in a straitjacket. Pineda, who was legally staying in the United States at the time, went to a meeting with his wife to extend his stay for one year.
He said he was detained by .
Pineda said,
They detained me and informed me that I would be deported to Mexico. “But the document they presented did not have my name written on it, but someone else’s name,” he said.
Pineda, who was later transported to a detention facility in Arizona, recalled that in the early morning of September 24, police officers tied his hands and legs, put him in a ‘bag’ and drove him for about four hours to the border. He later claimed that when he refused to sign deportation documents after being pressured, the police broke his right arm, gave him a black eye, and then put him back in a ‘bag’ and transported him for four hours.
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It was not confirmed whether he was assaulted by employees or police. However, Pineda posted a photo showing his arm in a cast and his face bruised.
It is said to have been presented in
“The wrap should be a last resort after other methods have been tried,” said Fatma Marouf, a law professor at Texas A&M University who filed a lawsuit over the use of full-body straitjackets. “Just being tied up in this device causes significant psychological harm,” he said.
Charles Hammond, CEO of wrap manufacturer Safe Restraints.
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“For this purpose, we created an improved version of the device, and it can be used on airplanes and long-distance bus trips.” However, he said that it could be problematic if it is true that a straitjacket was used even in cases where only verbal protests were made, as some claimed.
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There are also concerns that employees have not been trained to use appropriate restraint devices.
There have been previous cases where police or prison guards assaulted a prisoner wearing a straitjacket or put a mask on a suspect who had been hit by tear gas, causing death. It was concluded that all deaths were caused by inappropriate use of straitjackets.
However, American netizens
The position is that there is no problem with the use of straitjackets. The majority responded with things like, “They were put in a straitjacket because they did something illegal,” “You shouldn’t let police harm you,” “This will be solved if you don’t come into the U.S. illegally,” and “Don’t act like a victim.”
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