ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from ...

The Pueblo unit, a locked treatment program for troubled girls in Middletown, is the subject of an intense debate over its effectiveness – heightened during the 19 days that a transgender girl whose ...

HARTFORD – The state’s child-protection agency said Monday it is banning prone, or face-down, restraints in its locked units for boys and girls, following recommendations from a national ...

A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...

This story is a collaboration between the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically restraining them face ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically restraining them face down. But ...