The caged humans of Bali: Heartbreaking pictures show the holiday island's dark side, where mentally ill people are locked away in their own filth and chained up by their families

There are an estimated 26,000 severely mentally disabled people living in Indonesia who are kept in 'pasung'

People in pasung are locked in cages or chains by their families, who cannot afford to treat their illness

More than three million tourists visit the Bali every year but almost none are aware of this dark side

Local psychiatrist Dr Luh Ketut Suryani, 69, is on a mission to free every Balinese person from pasung

 

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This little metal cage away from the main house has been Sari's prison for over sixteen years, when she became mentally ill she got placed in this tin shed with only a woven bamboo floor to sit on. Here she is sitting in a position hardly changed over all these years. Now she is not able to walk anymore

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