I wanted to reply to a message that I saw from LESTAT49203 regarding restraint in Plymouth MI.
I was there in 1990, and yes, it was alive and active in that facility. I was restrained once for trying to leave on my intake, and another time for "acting out" and kicking a chair.
I am female and wieghed 170 pounds then, which was tiny for me at the time. It took 5 grown men to restrain me on my intake and I still nearly made escape.
The staff pushed my head to the floor and one of them screamed "Eat that carpetting!" my mouth and teeth scraped against that nasty dirty oily carpeting and I was forced back on my feet.
I know that facilities like Straight did restrain "phasers" and no matter if it was a written law or not, they got away with it.
Many things were never told to us, never said to us, and most of it was on a "need to know" basis.
Many hidden and frightening experiences were done at the time I spent there, I wouldn't want to ever see again.
[ This Message was edited by: ladyjerrico on 2002-03-07 17:23 ]