Schools are supposed to limit using restraint and seclusion to discipline kids – but parents I spoke with say the practice is wildly misused

Interviews with parents of students with disabilities show that children were often physically restrained and secluded at ...
WGBH

Duration of physical restraints at state mental hospital raises concerns

New data from Massachusetts’ state mental hospital in Worcester is raising concerns about how long patients are being physically restrained. In an adult care unit in the Department of Mental Health’s ...
WTVD

Number of students being restrained on the rise in Wake County, data shows

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- New numbers from the Wake County public school district show more students are being restrained or secluded in schools. The numbers from the previous school year show a 38% ...
LAist

Deadly restraint: Despite decades of warnings, police continue to hold people facedown

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. On a Thursday morning in October 2020 ...
The News Journal

After 6-year-old restrained 9 times, Millsboro school found to have violated law

After a 6-year-old was restrained at least nine times and her mother complained to the Delaware Department of Education, staff at East Millsboro Elementary School were found to have violated state and ...