Cage bed explained
A cage bed is a bed with either metal bars or netting designed to restrain a person of any given age, including children, within the boundaries of the bed. They were once commonplace in Central and Eastern Europe and used to restrain disabled people, including autistic people and those with learning difficulties, epilepsy, hyperactivity and mental health problems in psychiatric institutions.[1], the Mental Disability Advocacy Center says cage beds are used in Greece, the Czech Republic and Romania.[2]
Psychiatrists in the Czech Republic previously defended the use of the beds in social care[3] but their use in children's care homes was later banned in the country due to international pressure,[4] and an appeal by J. K. Rowling, who later went on to found Lumos, which promotes an end to the institutionalisation of children worldwide.[5]
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Notes and References
- News: Q&A: Cage beds . 21 September 2021 . BBC News . 15 January 2008.
- News: Hadjimatheou . Chloe . 14 November 2014 . The disabled children locked up in cages . BBC News . live . 21 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730145156/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30038753 . 30 July 2021.
- News: Pfeiffer . Jan . Oct 11, 2004 . Rage Against the Cage . Time Europe . dead . 2013-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110123081111/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2004/pfeiffer.html . January 23, 2011.
- News: 15 January 2008 . Filming reveals Czech children still caged . BBC . live . 21 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210921185159/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7189556.stm . 21 September 2021.
- News: Callaghan . Louise . 29 June 2014 . Czech hospital patients in cage beds . The Sunday Times . live . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20211129200803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/czech-hospital-patients-in-cage-beds-0n9hjcc85xt . Nov 29, 2021.
