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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Staff Attorney Jessica Webster speaks with Kare11. She highlights that 50 school districts in Minnesota have 195 seclusion rooms, comparing it to outdated practices like spanking or hitting children.
Jessica Webster Staff Attorney at the Capitol for Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid stresses to FOX9 the vulnerability of young children, stating,
In this MPR news piece, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Webster describes the stark reality of seclusion rooms in Minnesota schools at a Capitol news conference. “They are not sensory rooms. There are no toys, no crayons, no fidgets. There is no soft lighting. They are not calming rooms.”
Legal Aid client Judah and his mother Terress, along with Attorney Jessica Heiser of Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center, talked to KSTP. They filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights but have yet to get a response.
Media Advisory: (St. Paul, Minn) – Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Legal Services Advocacy Project, The Arc Minnesota and the Multicultural Autism Action Network invite media to meet with families affected by seclusion practices in Minnesota schools, Monday, May 1.
Legal Director, Sarah McGuire, of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid in St. Cloud and Wilmar, tells Project Optimist about the Stearns County Domestic Violence Partnership. Read how the program has successfully reduced homicides and provided crucial support to victims and offenders.
Diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and bedridden, our client received an eviction notice listing a litany of unsubstantiated lease violations.
Legal Aid Deputy Director Yasin Alsaidi talks to Fox 9, shedding light on how recent terminations are a departure from usual policies and practices.
Legal Aid Lawyers Hannah Straka and Deputy Director Yasin Alsaidi of our St. Cloud office tell St. Cloud Live there is, yet, no clear recourse for these terminations.
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