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Jonah Giese, a legal advocate for the Minnesota Disability Law Center of Mid-Minnesota Legal aid, testified on behalf of clients
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.
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.
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.
STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — No one knows the terror, harm and impact of Operation Metro Surge better than our clients. The true measure of it ending will come from them, and from our legal teams who fight every day for justice on their behalf.
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.”
Attorneys Jessica Heiser and Jessica Webster delved further into details outlined in the Minnesota Disability Law Center’s just-released report on
MEDIA ADVISORY: (Minneapolis, Minn.) – Where the public isn’t allowed to go, Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center is. Using their monitoring and investigative authority, MDLC attorneys visited seclusion rooms in Minnesota schools. This week, they are releasing their findings in a comprehensive report, complete with gallery of photos.
The Minnesota Senate Human Services Committee heard heart-wrenching testimony from providers and clients with disabilities.
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