‘Open the lock please’: COVID-19 exacerbates practice of shackling the mentally ill in Indonesia

‘Open the lock please’: COVID-19 exacerbates practice of shackling the mentally ill in Indonesia

In Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta are several known private institutes for people with mental illness. These include Al Fajar Berseri.  Founder Marsan Susanto, 51, said that he realised his calling was to take care of people with mental health disorders when he one day saw a mentally ill person eating rice from a … Read more