Two sheriff’s deputies stood over a man they had just brought into the Newton County jail’s detox cell 10 minutes earlier.Forrest Stockton was breathing heavily, flailing his head back and forth, as ...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Debates over police reform are often shaped by split-second, life-or-death decisions. But the recent guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd in ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — As law enforcement agencies across the country take a closer look at their use-of-force policies, a death inside the Brevard County Jail is renewing concern about the use of ...
Rooms where students are secluded at a Connecticut school. Credit: Connecticut Child Advocate Rooms where students are secluded at an unidentified Connecticut school. Credit: Connecticut Child ...
Joseph Ibrahim has received funding from Commonwealth and State Health Departments for research, education and consultancies. He was an expert witness for the Coroner's Court in South Australia for ...
Idaho schools have a mixture of policies on restraint and seclusion, a practice that includes closing children in small rooms to address misbehavior. Gov. Brad Little signed a bill that bars teachers ...
On a Thursday morning in October 2020, less than five months after George Floyd was held on his stomach by Minneapolis police until he died, Shayne Sutherland called 911 from a convenience store in ...