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Michigan bans face-down restraints at youth centers after 16-year-old dies
Read full article: Michigan bans face-down restraints at youth centers after 16-year-old diesVideos show staff members piling on the 16-year-old, trying to restrain him after they said he threw a sandwich to the ground. READ: โOutrageous and heartbreakingโ: Michigan officials release videos leading up to Kalamazoo youth center deathState officials have announced new emergency rules aimed at preventing anything like that from happening again. The rules are an overhaul of how staff at homes are supposed to care for the children. The state is now changing the rules for facilities like that one, which are paid by the state to care for children. READ: Lawsuit filed in death of Michigan teen restrained by youth home staff for throwing sandwich
Michigan bans face-down restraints at youth centers after 16-year-old dies
Read full article: Michigan bans face-down restraints at youth centers after 16-year-old diesMichigan bans face-down restraints at youth centers after 16-year-old diesPublished: July 16, 2020, 11:28 pmCornelius Frederick died last month after being restrained at the Lakeside For Children facility. Videos show staff members piling on the 16-year-old, trying to restrain him after they said he threw a sandwich to the ground.
โOutrageous and heartbreakingโ: Michigan officials release videos leading up to Kalamazoo youth center death
Read full article: โOutrageous and heartbreakingโ: Michigan officials release videos leading up to Kalamazoo youth center deathKALAMAZOO, Mich. โ The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released security footage that shows the moments leading up to the death of a teenager at a youth center in Kalamazoo. โMDHHS decided to release two videos in the interest of transparency,โ officials said. A staff nurse was near the incident, and video shows she did not come to Corneliusโ aid. READ: Partial video released in teenagerโs Kalamazoo youth center deathFrederick went into cardiac arrest and died the next day at the hospital, according to officials. After Corneliusโ death, officials said all 125 youth at the center were removed and placed in other settings based on their needs.
Partial video released in teenagerโs Kalamazoo youth center death
Read full article: Partial video released in teenagerโs Kalamazoo youth center deathKALAMAZOO, Mich. โ A partial video has been released in the death of a teenager who was restrained because he supposedly threw a sandwich at a youth center in Kalamazoo. Cornelius Frederick died last month after being restrained at the Lakeside For Children facility in Kalamazoo. The video shows staff members piling on the 16-year-old. It shows Corneliusโ body being left on the floor. A staff nurse was near the incident, and video shows she didnโt come to Corneliusโ aid.
Lawsuit filed in death of Michigan teen restrained by youth home staff for throwing sandwich
Read full article: Lawsuit filed in death of Michigan teen restrained by youth home staff for throwing sandwichKALAMAZOO, Mich. โ A civil rights lawsuit has been filed in the death of a Michigan teenager who was allegedly restrained to the point he couldnโt breathe by staff members at his youth home because he threw a sandwich. READ: Michigan ends ties with company after teenโs restraint, death in Kalamazoo facilityCornelius Frederick died last month after being restrained because he supposedly threw a sandwich at Lakeside For Children faculty in Kalamazoo. Civil rights attorney Jon Marko said staff members allegedly restrained Cornelius for 10 minutes, then waited 12 minutes to call for help when it was apparently clear the teen was in distress. They didnโt stop.โOn Monday, Marko filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Lakeside Academy and parent company Sequel Youth and Family Services. He said it took the death of Cornelius for the state to act.