The Judge Rotenberg Center, a residential school for kids and adults in Canton, Mass., has ignited controversy for decades for its use of a device that shocks people with disabilities.
The Supreme Judicial Court is seeking amicus briefs in the following cases: SJC-13298, The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of the Department of Developmental Services, et al. The issue: whether the judge properly declined to vacate the 1987 consent decree, which allows the JREC to use aversive therapies including a skin
The House Judiciary Committee’s panel on the Constitution, civil rights, and civil liberties is set to hold a hearing Tuesday on “enhancing the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”