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Darren Reisberg, left, addresses the issues concerning seclusion in Chicago Public Schools during a standing-room-only meeting of the Illinois State Board of Education at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Nov. 22, 2019.

Illinois amends emergency rules, will temporarily allow children to be physically restrained in positions it had banned

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

This story is a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica Illinois. Amending emergency rules put in place two weeks ago, the Illinois State Board of Education says it will...

Kansas Treatment and Learning Center is operated by Eastern Illinois Area Special Education, a regional special-education district that documented nearly 1,100 isolated timeouts in 15 months.

Daywatch special edition: We reported on children being locked away alone in schools across Illinois. One day later, the state ended the practice.

July 25, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

This special edition of Daywatch is a collaboration between the Tribune's Jennifer Smith Richards and ProPublica Illinois' Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis. Get investigations like this with ProPublica's weekly...

Mark Klaisner, president of the state's Association of Regional Superintendent of Schools, addresses the issues concerning seclusion in Chicago Public Schools during a meeting of the Illinois State Board of Education at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Nov. 22, 2019.

Isolated timeouts have been temporarily banned in Illinois schools. What’s next?

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

This story is a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica Illinois. Two days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered Illinois schools to immediately stop secluding children alone in timeout rooms,...

A seclusion room is shown Oct. 11, 2019, at Braun Educational Center in Oak Forest, which is operated by the Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education.

Illinois to take emergency action to halt isolated timeouts in schools

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Education announced Wednesday that it will take emergency action to end the seclusion of children alone behind locked doors at schools, saying the practice has...

Kayla Siegmeier plays with her son, Carson, at his school's playground in August 2019. Their Crystal Lake school district has not sent seclusion data to the federal government in recent years. "What they are doing is harming the kids and the parents by not allowing them to understand what is truly happening across the whole district," Siegmeier said.

The federal government collects data on how often schools seclude children. The numbers don’t add up.

July 25, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

In fall 2015, Glacier Ridge Elementary School in Crystal Lake first used its Blue Room, a padded space that allows school workers to place students in "isolated timeout" for safety...

Documents obtained through public-records requests show that Braun Educational Center in Oak Forest isolated students in seclusion rooms nearly 500 times over one and a half school years. About 150 students with disabilities attend programs at Braun.

How we reported this story: Creating a first-ever database of thousands of seclusion incidents in Illinois

July 25, 2024 at 2:07 p.m.

The state of Illinois does not collect any data on how often public schools put students in seclusion, why they do it or for how long. Though state rules require...

Immigrant Children Arrive in Chicago Traumatized, in Some Cases With Chicken Pox and Tuberculosis

July 2, 2026 at 2:17 p.m.

Hundreds are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations of neglect.

Después de la controversia, Heartland va a cerrar cuatro albergues para jóvenes inmigrantes en Illinois

March 15, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

Al mismo tiempo, otro operador de albergues está intentando expandir su presencia en Chicago CHICAGO— Ocho meses después de que sus albergues para niños inmigrantes fueran sometidos a escrutinio público...

Los archivos revelan una existencia regimentada en los centros de acogida, con los empleados controlando casi cada minuto del día de los niños.

Mientras pasan los meses en albergues de Chicago, menores migrantes contemplan fugarse y hasta suicidarse

March 15, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

(Esta historia fue publicada en colaboración con Mother Jones) Un guatemalteco de 16 años dijo que quería “quitarme la vida” mientras esperaba ser liberado de un albergue para jóvenes inmigrantes...

Informes revelan supervisión ‘laxa’, actividad sexual en centros de acogida de niños inmigrantes en Chicago

March 15, 2019 at 2:52 p.m.

Poco después de Navidad en 2015, tres niños quedaron sin vigilancia en la sala de televisión de un centro de acogida en Des Plaines que alberga niños inmigrantes y es...

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