ProPublica Illinois

Chilling audio provides rare glimpse into abuse at troubled Illinois residential facility

No one was charged when staff were caught on a 911 tape threatening violence against a Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center resident who has developmental disabilities. New reporting shows a culture of cover-ups at the facility.

This illustration of a "prone" restraint came from a Minnesota Dept. of Education report on commonly-used restraints, and was featured in a 2014 ProPublica report. Minnesota enacted regulations to limit the use of prone restraint. Emergency rulemaking enacted by ISBE arlier this week now limits such restraints in Illinois.

ISBE Asks Families To Report Seclusion, Restraint

Dusty Rhodes

The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging anyone with information about abusive time-out rooms or restraints in any school setting to share...

Education

Illinois To Take Emergency Action To Halt Isolated Timeouts In Schools

The Illinois State Board of Education announced on Wednesday that it will take emergency action to end isolated seclusion of children in schools, saying…