TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida teachers and other school staff are now banned from using mechanical restraints on students in sixth grade or higher after a House Bill was signed into law by the governor ...

One kid threw wet socks. Another flipped off a staff member. Several others beat on doors and walls in their cells and didn't stop when asked. The Yell County Juvenile Detention Center in Danville ...

Across all five facilities, mechanical restraints were used on residents 148 times in July as the pandemic surged, according to state data: four times at Jonesboro, eight times at Booneville, 12 times ...

If anyone in the area knows what restraint means, it’s the trained staff of the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents. If anyone knows what it means to be restrained, it’s the teenagers who ...

Palm Beach County public schools have recorded some of the most frequent use of physical restraints on students with disabilities in Florida, where state lawmakers are placing more scrutiny on the ...