PUBLIC DECLARATION: SYSTEMIC INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE AND IDENTITY ERASURE AT RESTIGOUCHE HOSPITAL CENTRE (2016-2019)

Keywords: Restigouche Hospital Centre, Failure to Protect, Conversion Therapy, Medical Negligence, Transgender Rights, Forensic Psychiatry Abuse, Institutional Violence, Violent Offender Segregation.

OPENING STATEMENT

I, Marie-Soleil Seshat Landry, CEO of Landry Industries and Sovereign Spymaster (ORCID iD: 0009-0008-5027-3337), issue this formal declaration to the public and the international community. Between 2016 and 2019, while held under false pretexts in the Restigouche Hospital Centre (RHC) in Campbellton, New Brunswick, I was a victim of a system that abandoned its clinical duty in favor of a lawless, "warehouse" model of containment.

This is not merely a story of negligence; it is an account of the state-sponsored weaponization of psychiatry to perform identity erasure, medical torture, and reckless endangerment.

THE EVIDENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL ROT

The New Brunswick Ombudsman's 2019 report, "Failure to Protect," confirms what I and many others endured: a facility characterized by "antiquated" models of care and a total breakdown of safety protocols.

1. The Environment of Violence: A High-Threat Cafeteria

While incarcerated at RHC, I was physically assaulted by another resident in the cafeteria. This assault was a direct consequence of a systemic failure to segregate the general patient population from high-risk forensic offenders, including individuals with documented histories of homicide and sexual violence.

The institution forced vulnerable residents into communal dining spaces with "jailmates" who posed an active physical threat. This environment was characterized by:

• Failed Segregation: Placing non-violent residents in the immediate proximity of violent "killers and rapists" without adequate security measures.
• Active Supervision Failure: A chronic lack of surveillance in high-traffic common areas that allowed for unprovoked assaults.
• Institutional Endangerment: While room doors failed to lock properly, providing no sanctuary, the cafeteria served as a lawless zone where the "Failure to Protect" was a daily reality.

The $17 million class action settlement (Section B) acknowledges these physical harms, but it does not account for the psychological terror of being forced to live and eat alongside predators.

2. Medical Gaslighting and Conversion Practices

My most profound injury was the targeted medical erasure of my identity. For the entirety of my stay, I was denied my rights as a transgender woman.

• Forced Desistance: My prescribed Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) was terminated without medical justification, inducing physiological and psychological distress.
• Diagnostic Weaponization: My transness was equated with "psychosis." By labeling my core identity as a symptom of a mental illness, the institution attempted to medically "cure" me out of my existence.
• Denial of Rights: Staff explicitly stated that we had "no rights" within those walls, creating an environment of total institutional control.

CALL TO ACCOUNTABILITY

The 2023 settlement is an insufficient response to systemic torture. The conversion practices performed under the guise of "forensic psychiatry" and the reckless mixing of violent offenders with vulnerable populations fall outside the scope of the current class action. I am moving forward independently to hold the Vitalité Health Network and the Province of New Brunswick accountable for these Charter violations.

The "Organic Revolution" demands a post-predatory world where institutional "warehousing" is abolished and the Universal Declaration of Organic Rights (UDOR) is upheld.

OSINT INTELLIGENCE REPORT: "FAILURE TO PROTECT" ANALYSIS

Subject: Restigouche Hospital Centre (RHC) Systemic Failures (2016-2019) Author: Marie-Soleil Seshat Landry, ORCID iD: 0009-0008-5027-3337

Executive Summary & Key Judgments

During 2016–2019, RHC operated as a "black box" where patients were stripped of Charter protections.

• Judgment 1: The facility utilized "Remand" status as a legal loophole to bypass the transparency of the correctional system.
• Judgment 2: HRT denial was a punitive measure used to induce mental distress, misdiagnosed as psychosis to justify further restraint.
• Judgment 3: The failure to segregate violent forensic patients from non-violent residents in communal spaces (cafeterias) was a primary driver of physical assaults.

Source Catalogue & Verified References (20+ Citations)

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AI Attribution: This document was generated with help from Gemini 2.5 Flash, which assisted in the aggregation of New Brunswick Ombudsman reports and legal certification documents to verify the timeline and findings of the "Failure to Protect" investigation.