Five inmates have filed a lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections alleging systematic exclusion from educational and mental health programs due to disabilities. The suit seeks injunctive relief and damages for violations under federal disability rights laws.
A Jacksonville school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline, resulting in the highest arrest rate of any district in the country. In one recent year, half of Garrison School students were arrested.
A ProPublica-Tribune investigation reveals how a public school intended to be a therapeutic option for students with severe emotional disabilities has instead subjected many of them to the justice system.
Illinois school calls police on its students some as young as 9 at shockingly high rate. Officers have arrested students more than 100 times in the last five school years, an investigation by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica found.
In Jacksonville, Illinois, the Garrison School for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline, resulting in the highest arrest rate of any district in the country. In one recent year, half of Garrison students were arrested.