[news] Native Youth Prisoners Shackled During Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony

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Justice for Girls

We are writing to inform you that the Ministry of Children and Family Development, which is responsible for youth prisons in BC, orders all youth to be put in ankle restraints during the Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony at the Burnaby Youth Secure/Open Custody Center – the youth prison. 

[![Shackling policy snippet][1]][2]
>From the Burnaby Youth Secure Custody Cenre's operations manual.

    [1]: http://mostlywater.org/sites/mostlywater.org/files/images/Shackling-policy snippet.jpg
    [2]: http://mostlywater.org/node/4066

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/4069