Capt. Doug Fears, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, speaks during a ceremony to commission the cutter in Charleston, Dec. 6, 2014. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class ...

“All persons with mental illness have a right to be free from harm, including unnecessary or excessive physical restraint, isolation, medication, abuse or neglect,” according to the California Welfare ...

To the editor: I'd like to express displeasure with a practice being utilized in a local youth facility, the Girardot Center. The practice in question, commonly known as peer restraint, involves ...

Kai Atallah can’t forget the bright lights. The 9-year-old from west Michigan isn’t talking about the sun streaming through a classroom window. Not the shine of a bottle rocket zooming into the sky as ...

Shedding new light on Chicago Public Schools’ recent disclosure that the district violated state laws in its use of physical restraint and isolation of students, a letter from the state education ...