Mentally Ill Indonesians Living Under Shackles In Down Syndrome Village

JAMBON, PONOROGO, INDONESIA - MARCH 24: Sati, 39, who suffers from Down syndrome, sits inside her house at Krebet Village in Jambon subdistrict on March 24, 2016 in Ponorogo district, Indonesia. More than 400 people suffer from psychosocial disabilities in Ponorogo, East Java, where villagers and government officials blamed incest, malnutrition and iodine deficiency as the cause for the illness. In villages such as Sidoharjo, Karangpatihan and Krebet, both adolescents and adults suffer from severe physical retardation, also known as "Kampung Idiot", which is comparable to Down Syndrome. These victims live below the poverty line with their family earning between $30 to $50 U.S. dollars per month and many suffer from malnutrition, visual and hearing impairment. A common practice in these villages was to keep those with psychosocial disabilities under pasung - shackled or locked up in a confined space, which Indonesia's government banned in 1977 but failed to enforce. According to Human Rights Watch, more than 57,000 people have been subjected to pasung once in their lives and around 18,800 are currently being shackled. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
JAMBON, PONOROGO, INDONESIA - MARCH 24: Sati, 39, who suffers from Down syndrome, sits inside her house at Krebet Village in Jambon subdistrict on March 24, 2016 in Ponorogo district, Indonesia. More than 400 people suffer from psychosocial disabilities in Ponorogo, East Java, where villagers and government officials blamed incest, malnutrition and iodine deficiency as the cause for the illness. In villages such as Sidoharjo, Karangpatihan and Krebet, both adolescents and adults suffer from severe physical retardation, also known as "Kampung Idiot", which is comparable to Down Syndrome. These victims live below the poverty line with their family earning between $30 to $50 U.S. dollars per month and many suffer from malnutrition, visual and hearing impairment. A common practice in these villages was to keep those with psychosocial disabilities under pasung - shackled or locked up in a confined space, which Indonesia's government banned in 1977 but failed to enforce. According to Human Rights Watch, more than 57,000 people have been subjected to pasung once in their lives and around 18,800 are currently being shackled. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
Mentally Ill Indonesians Living Under Shackles In Down Syndrome Village
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