Treatment Facility: Electroconvulsive Therapy and Rwandan Genocide

treatment facility: Prosper Niyonzima came to Canada in 1995 from Burundi at age 13 after his parents were killed in war there, according to Toronto Star. He was adopted by an aunt in Toronto. Prosper Niyonzima, whose family was slaughtered in the Rwandan genocide, became a permanent resident of Canada in 1995 before criminal activity landed him in and out of jail, and resulted in the revocation of his immigrant status. Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star file photo In 2012, he was placed in detention to await deportation. He claims that when authorities finally transferred him to a secure treatment facility under a court order, he was forced to undergo painful electroconvulsive therapy, which was unsuccessful in addressing his condition. In a statement of claim filed Friday with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Niyonzima said that period of incarceration, which included more than 760 days in solitary, led him to experience a mental breakdown and rendered him catatonic for more than two years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.