A violent, mentally unwell woman spends her days shackled and in solitary confinement, waiting for the state to open a safer and more humane hospital unit.

New Brunswick's Vitalité Health Network is responding to a troubling report by New Brunswick's ombudswoman that included stories of psychiatric patients being kept in seclusion rooms and in restraints ...

Seclusion is a protocol used in hospital settings when a patient is displaying unsafe behaviors. Many organizations, including U.S. health care accrediting body the Joint Commission, say that it ...

Disability Law Colorado released a report this week on a residential treatment center in Cañon City it says has left the children in unsafe conditions. The Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center is ...

Arizona restricts school use of seclusion rooms to discipline disabled children. April 8, 2013 — -- Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer has signed a law providing strong new restrictions on the use of ...

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