2014 / Editorial / Photo Essay

Pasung

  • Photographer
    Ingetje Tadros

Pasung is a physical restraint of the mentally ill in Indonesia. Typical forms of restraint are, iron shackles, wooden stocks and confinement. Pasung violations and practice often occur behind closed doors and almost go unreported. Pasung has been largely neglected by governments.

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