Resident Bathrooms as Space of Abuse
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Resident Bathrooms as Space of Abuse
Description
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An audio clip of site visitors discussing the daily washing practices of HRC residents and the resident bathrooms as spaces of abuse. Cold showers, for example, were used as a form of punishment. The group goes on to discuss physical abuse of HRC residents, by other residents, staff, and supervisors. HRC medical and administrative departments buried injury and incident reports. Harold explains that he personally saw another resident beaten to death while institutionalized at the HRC. Survivors remember signing affidavits after witnessing staff murder a resident who was being punished. HRC staff intimidated residents, particularly in light of the HRC cemetery located on the institutions' grounds. Sadly, there is no justice for survivors and their families because no one is held accountable for the irreparable harm of institutionalization. Harold describes himself as a spokesperson because, "people don't talk about the damage, they did damage".
Date
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2014-10-18
Date Created (Sorting Date, YYYY-MM-DD)
2014-10-18
Coverage (Location)
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Huronia Regional Centre
depicts (People Featured)
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Harold Dougall
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Alex Tigchelaar
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survivors
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site visitors
Contributor (People Contributing)
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Alex Tigchelaar
Subject
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institutional violence
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justice
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survivor experiences
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staff intimidation
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physical violence
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murder
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death
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dining room
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wash room
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affadavit
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lack of justice
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burying evidence
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cemetery
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bodies
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Type
dctype:Sound
Format
audio/x-wav
Extent
103.0 MB
00:10:12
