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Sask. asks court to penalize Anishinabe man over published jail videos experts say show torture (www.cbc.ca)
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's government is asking the provincial court to penalize an Anishinabe man for allegedly breaching court rules following the publication of information and video from inside a youth jail showing staff immobilizing him with a full body restraint device while he wept, hyperventilated and asked for death.

The August 2010 internal jail video captured several moments inside Regina's Paul Dojack Youth Centre. According to the video and files obtained by CBC News, Matthew Michel, then 15, was bound for two hours in a device called the Wrap, which kept his body restrained in a forward sitting position at a near 45-degree angle with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Moe's government is asking the Court of King's Bench to impose a "substantial penalty" against Michel following reporting by CBC News about his treatment while in the youth correctional system, according to a recent notice of application filed in court.

Saskatchewan claims in the court filing that the "videos, pictures and documents" used in reporting by CBC News came "from the materials that Saskatchewan disclosed" as part of litigation filed by Michel against the provincial government.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

According to the video and files obtained by CBC News, Matthew Michel, then 15, was bound for two hours in a device called the Wrap, which kept his body restrained in a forward sitting position at a near 45-degree angle with his hands cuffed behind his back.

"We were deeply shocked and upset upon reviewing reports and video involving Mr. Michel and the use of the wrap in Saskatchewan youth custody facilities," said the statement.

Saskatchewan's court filing claims that if Michel disclosed the information and videos to CBC News, he breached what is known as the "implied undertaking rule" governing civil cases.

CBC News obtained videos depicting 10 incidents involving the use of the Wrap on young offenders inside Saskatchewan correctional facilities between 2009 and 2012.

They showed Saskatchewan youth jail staff used the Wrap to punish Michel and to force his compliance, according to internal records obtained by CBC News.

CBC News also showed several minutes from the youth jail videos to Gabor Maté, a prominent therapist and author who studies and writes about the relationship between trauma and childhood development.

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