Sagamihara 19 people with disabilities were killed Cases such as groups of people with disabilities requested verification by the prefecture June 30 19:14

Regarding the case where 19 people who were admitted to a facility for the disabled in Sagamihara City were killed, disability groups etc. asked Kanagawa Prefecture to clarify the background that the former staff recruited discriminatory motives in the facility. Requested verification.

In July 2016, 19 men and women between the ages of 19 and 70 who were in the hospital were killed by former Uematsu prisoners of death in an incident that occurred at the Tsukui Yamayuri Garden, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Sagamihara City. It was.

A verification by the prefecture's third-party committee pointed out that there were other physical restraints in the facility that were suspected of being abusive, and the prefecture was renewed next month to investigate the support status of other facilities. The policy is to set up a subcommittee.

Prior to this, on the 30th, representatives of six organizations made up of people with disabilities and supporters met with Governor Kuroiwa and submitted a request form.

According to the request form, “The trial did not reveal the background and factors behind the “distorted thoughts” of the Uematsu prisoners with disabilities, but it was pointed out that working experience at the facility was the basis of the idea.” We are asking for thorough verification as to how the support for the residents in Japan was the background.

Governor Kuroiwa said, "I do not think that the verification work of Tsukui and Mayuri Garden has been completed. I would like to create a new way of welfare for persons with disabilities from the user's perspective through verification."

The prefecture is going to have a new subcommittee to ask the staff for more information.

"Why..." Handwriting request

Mr. Shigeyoshi Choi of the "DPI Japan Conference" made by the person with a disability who made the request said, "While the trial was over and the case was gradually weathered, it was possible to thoroughly verify what happened at that facility, It leads to not producing the second case."

In addition, a handwritten request form submitted by a user of the NPO "Pukapuka", which operates a bakery where people with intellectual disabilities work in Yokohama, said, "Why Yamayuri Garden was the staff killed? The staff of Puka Puka are all very close to each other. I want you to find out what is different between Yamayurien and Puka Puka."

Mr. Yasutaka Amano (40), who submitted it, said, "I hope that the incident will never happen again."

Yasue Kaihara, Deputy General Manager of Kyosen Kanagawa Branch, which is built at a welfare work place for people with disabilities, said, "I do not understand why the staff members performed the acts pointed out by the third-party committee that could be considered abuse. I don't say that there is no sense of discrimination among those who are involved with people, but the dimension is different. I would like to know the background behind what led to the incident."