Publishing shorter pieces on a regular basis helped keep sustained attention on the issue.
Fed up with a Michigan school system that used seclusion on their autistic son, Bennett Solomond's parents moved the family to Pennsylvania in 2019.
New details revealed about a fatal incident within Texas’ understaffed state hospital system, where little information is made public about patients — even when they die.
Michigan educators have secluded and restrained students nearly 94,000 times over the past five school years, a Free Press investigation found.
Lawmakers sought to restrict the use of seclusion and restraints on students in Michigan schools back in 2016. It was only supposed to be used for emergencies, they said.
A school district in Michigan isolated children with disabilities more than 4,000 times – and administrators will not reveal why.
Free Press investigation finds some Michigan educators using restraint and seclusion improperly, with no law to stop them.
