Videos obtained by CBC News show teens in two Saskatchewan youth detention facilities being forced into a full-body restraint called the Wrap, sometimes for hours. Experts and the people who've endured the device say it can cause lasting psychological trauma.
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Cultural programs for provincial inmates in Saskatchewan are expected to expand when four new cultural lodges open at men’s jails and the Kilburn Hall youth centre this year.
The lodges at the Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert Correctional jails and Kilburn Hall in Saskatoon are expected to be completed by the end of June. Tenders for the construction projects were posted late last week.
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Fred Tarr, the director of First Nations and Metis services for the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, said the programs will vary from region to region.