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Known for her ardent advocacy at the Capitol on behalf of Minnesota’s most vulnerable neighbors and constituents, Jessica Webster, attorney with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, has been named the 2026 honoree of the Bernard P. Becker Legacy of Excellence Award.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis, Minn.) — To the tune of $49,500 and then some, corporate landlord Quadrel Realty must pay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Executive Director Milo Mumgaard of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is pleased to share that Eren
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (St. Cloud, Minn.) — Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid in St. Cloud is set to deliver free legal services to a greater number of clients, thanks to funding from the Central Minnesota Council on Aging.
In response to the Eighth Circuit decision to uphold Trump administration policy to deny bond to undocumented immigrants, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid offered the Star Tribune this take: “We hope that Minnesota judges will follow the lead of Texas judges who are granting bond hearings, despite a similar Fifth Circuit Court opinion, because that’s the due process right people have.”
STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — We hope that Minnesota judges will follow the lead of Texas judges who are granting bond hearings, despite a similar Fifth Circuit Court opinion, because that’s the due process right people have. Pragmatically, we brace for more dismal conditions for detainees related to ICE bed capacity.
In this episode of the amplifiED podcast, hosts Margaret Sullivan and Josh Crosson sit down with Jessica Heiser, attorney at the Minnesota Disability Law Center, to talk about what seclusion — the use of solitary confinement on children — actually looks like for Minnesota students.
Solitary Watch reports on the use of seclusion rooms in Minnesota schools, asserting that they constitute a form of solitary confinement. Images and testimony from the Minnesota Disability Law Center’s report show these rooms are often “concrete, closet-sized, and feature thick four-inch magnetic-locking doors, like a jail cell.”
Attorney Jessica Heiser from our Minnesota Disability Law Center spoke with Chad Hartman from WCCO Radio about the stark reality of seclusion rooms and why they shouldn’t be used in Minnesota schools. Thank you, WCCO Radio, for having us!
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