In Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, the presidents of NPO corporations that operate welfare facilities for children with disabilities were arrested for tying up the limbs of a 14-year-old junior high school student and detaining them in the facility. It was found that a video of a child being detained was seized, and the police are investigating in detail and trying to clarify the actual situation of facility operation.
Shinichi Sakagami (57), the director of Fukuoka City's NPO "Arrest", which operates welfare facilities for children with disabilities in Kurume City, and Hiroshi Matsubara (37), a teacher at an elementary school in Shime Town, last year. In October, he visited the home of a 14-year-old boy's junior high school student, was arrested for taking him to a facility by tying his limbs, restraining him, and stroking his head multiple times. Was sent to.
According to the investigators, President Sakagami generally admitted the charges and made a statement to the effect that he did it to save children and parents.
According to the police, when the police searched for a related party of the NPO corporation after November last year in the case of assault on the child by the staff of this facility, it seems that the child is detained separately from the victim this time. It means that multiple videos shot were found and seized.
Police estimate that about 10 people suffered similar damage from video analysis and other sources.
In some cases, parents gave a large amount of cash to President Sakagami and others to ask for the support of children with disabilities, and the police carefully investigated with the cooperation of parents to clarify the actual situation of operation. I'm going to proceed.
Violence of staff in the video
The NPO "Saruku", chaired by the arrested Suspect Sakagami, has opened "Kurume Saruku", a welfare facility for children with disabilities, designated by Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Regarding the facility, in November last year, information was sent to Kurume City that another employee had violent acts against children, and the city conducted an on-site investigation based on the Child Welfare Act.
In the video provided to the city at this time, a female employee hits a child or knocks down a chair and puts a child on his back while riding on a horse and hitting his face.
The employee was subsequently arrested by police on suspicion of assault and released on bail.
In addition, Kurume City judged that there was "abuse" from this video and interviews with the staff, and at the end of March, it said that it provided improvement guidance to the facility.
Former user's guardian
One of the parents who had sent their child to this welfare facility for children with disabilities responded to NHK's interview.
Regarding the violent acts by the staff in the facility, parents said, "The staff were hitting, riding, and dragging children. I also saw them pushing against the wall to prevent them from breathing. I heard from my child. "
After confirming the violent behavior of the staff against the user, he stopped letting his child pass, saying, "Violence is absolutely useless, only anger. Violence does not produce anything. I don't know why violent people are in a position to teach. "