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Locking doors on scared children: The fight to end seclusion in Minnesota schools – Access Press

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Webster says that the state is at a crossroads as lawmakers consider rolling back Minnesota’s K–3 seclusion ban, a move she says is being driven largely by one senator. Despite this push, she notes that school administrators privately acknowledge they want to end seclusion altogether, they just need the tools and training to do it.

Minneapolis Braces for Rent Crisis As ICE Surge Winds Down – Bloomberg

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Housing Attorney Julia Zwak tells Bloomberg a surge in evictions is expected to surpass current filing numbers

Minnesota fraud crackdown leaving disabled Medicaid recipients without housing – Minnesota Reformer

Jonah Giese, a legal advocate for the Minnesota Disability Law Center of Mid-Minnesota Legal aid, testified on behalf of clients

Advocates urge statewide ban on school seclusion rooms – Minnesota Spokesman Recorder

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Heiser describes the harsh reality of school seclusion rooms as “traumatizing spaces tucked away where parents won’t see them.” Attorney Jessica Webster emphasized that children deserve calming and sensory supports instead.

Legal Aid’s Cerra makes case for extending access to camera footage – WCCO Radio

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Deputy Director Abigail Cerra spoke with WCCO Radio about the push to retain surveillance footage beyond the 7-14 days it’s currently available in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis has 950 surveillance cameras. Some want footage saved longer amid ICE operation – Star Tribune

Citing reports of aggressive federal enforcement tactics, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Deputy Director Abigail Cerra tells the Star Tribune there’s a case is to be made for extending access to video footage.

Minnesota resistance movement says drawdown is ‘hard-fought community victory’ – Star Tribune

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid issued a statement to the Star Tribune in response to the federal announcement that the Surge in Minneapolis would soon end.

Inside Minnesota’s controversial seclusion rooms – FOX 9

At a Capitol news conference, Legal Aid Attorneys Jessica Heiser and Jessica Webster announced release of a report by the Minnesota Disability Law Center on seclusion rooms. Says Heiser, “This is the first time the public can see, through our investigative authority, the dramatic differences between seclusion rooms and calming rooms.”

Legal Aid lawyers warn against school seclusion rooms for Minnesota’s youngest learners – MPR News

Attorneys Jessica Heiser and Jessica Webster delved further into details outlined in the Minnesota Disability Law Center’s just-released report on

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