Sapporo Care Facility for Disabled Receives Three-Month Suspension on New Users After Two Assaults

The city of Sapporo has taken administrative action to suspend the admission of new users to a disability support facility in Kiyota Ward for three months after two users were beaten and abused by staff at the facility. According to Sapporo City, on July 23rd of this year, a male staff member in his 40s at Sapporo Suginaen punched a male user in his 50s in the face and kicked another user in his 60s in the body. The social welfare corporation Hokushoukai commented, “We take this incident very seriously. We will work sincerely to prevent a recurrence.” Episode Notes: ‘After Occurrences of Abuse are Discovered at Sapporo Facility for People with Disabilities, Ward Office Imposes Three-month Suspension on Admitting New Users’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/12/12/after-occurrences-of-abuse-are-discovered-at-sapporo-facility-for-people-with-disabilities-ward-office-imposes-three-month-suspension-on-admitting-new-users/