Poor Mental Patients In Indonesia Confined To Cages Or Shackles In Their Homes

A relative gives a cigarette to an Indonesian man identified as Jimun who is mentally ill as he sits inside a bamboo cage at his family residence in Trenggalek, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Thousands of Indonesians with mental health issues are spending their lives in shackles or chain due to the lack of psychiatric services for for the poor.

An Indonesian man identified as Jimun who is mentally ill sits inside a bamboo cage at his family residence in Trenggalek, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012.

An Indonesian man identified as Goro who is mentally ill is confined to a wooden stock at his family residence in Trenggalek, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. <AP Photo/Trisnadi>

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