PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A disability rights organization has sued the state’s behavioral health care agency, alleging the department has unlawfully withheld information tied to accusations that ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida teachers and other school staff are now banned from using mechanical restraints on students in sixth grade or higher after a House Bill was signed into law by the governor ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - After lawmakers unanimously passed the measure this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that will help prevent the use of devices to restrain public-school ...

Across all five facilities, mechanical restraints were used on residents 148 times in July as the pandemic surged, according to state data: four times at Jonesboro, eight times at Booneville, 12 times ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — “A school resource officer, school security officer, or other law enforcement officer who is trained and certified for completing a behavior intervention training program may ...

When one of Canada's leading public health journalist, Andre Picard wanted to talk to me for an article in the Globe and Mail about my personal experience with restraints, I was honoured. Honoured and ...