Constrained by the cost of treatment, ODGJ women in Tenjo Bogor are handcuffed in cages

Bogor Regency – A woman with the initials S (40) who has a mental disorder or a person with a mental disorder (ODGJ) was forced to be locked or ‘handcuffed’ in a cage-shaped building in Tenjo, Bogor Regency, West Java. Mrs. S was handcuffed because she often left home and her family had limited medical expenses. “It is true (in shackles), as far as I know, the person concerned has a mental disorder, it has been a long time (with a mental disorder), but before it was not as bad as it is now,” head of welfare (Kesra) for Tapos Village, Tenjo Deni district, told reporters on Monday (20/10/2025). Deni said that S was handcuffed at the family’s initiative because he often left the house without being noticed. The family is worried that S will put other people at risk because he sometimes gets angry for no reason. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT “Now he is locked up because he likes to go everywhere, likes to pick up people’s laundry lines. If he is not locked up, it is also a problem for his family. So the matter of being locked up was at the request of the family, it was the family’s initiative,” said Deni. “He was taken everywhere for treatment, Marzuki Mahdi was also taken there, he was there for two weeks. So while he was at home, he also got medicine from the sub-district team,” he added. A woman experiencing mental disorders in Tenjo, Bogor Regency was forced to be tied down by her family due to limited medical costs. (Special doc.) Woman S is now handcuffed in a cage-like bamboo building behind her house. In a building without walls, S was separated from his family six months ago. Wife S has two children who are currently high school and middle school students. Meanwhile, her husband is just a man who does odd jobs, who gets money when asked by residents to chop wood. “If you’re locked up like that, it’s at least six months, so the problem is if you’re not locked up like that, you’ll keep running away. You’re locked up for six months. At first you weren’t fierce, but now the rich are under pressure so they can get fierce anytime,” the head of the local RT, Sanjaya, told reporters. Sanjaya said that S was taken to hospital with the help of Tenjo District Health and Welfare Workers (TKSK) volunteers. Unfortunately, the family did not continue the treatment process due to limited funds. “The TKSK team took him to a mental hospital, but that doesn’t make a difference. Didn’t the TKSK team ask the family if they wanted to follow up or not? The answer was they didn’t,” says Sanjaya. “BPJS has it, so if the family has a problem, the problem is the cost, if they take them and wait to go to the hospital, it will cost money, so because they are limited by the cost, the family does not want (S to be taken to the hospital),” he continued. (sol/jbr)