Washington, DC--April 11, 2012-- FOX-25 in Boston aired today a portion of a video showing an extreme case of electric shock and restraint used on Andre McCollins while he was a student at the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts. JRC has fought court battles to keep the video from being released to the public.
November 7, 2011-- Washington, DC -- This week we can celebrate a major victory against torture of people with disabilities in the United States. The Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS) adopted new regulations last week that greatly restrict the intentional use of pain as a form of treatment - including the use of electric shock, seclusion, and restraints on young children and adults with disabilities.
Watch the ABC Nightline story or read the Guardian of London article on Israel's Indictments Washington, DC -- May 26, 2011 -- Today, we can celebrate a small victory.
Washington, DC -- March 14, 2011 -- Last year, Disability Rights International published the report Torture not Treatment: Electric Shock and Long-Term Restraint in the United States on Children and Adults with Disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center. The report resulted in a top United Nations human rights official declaring that the school's practice of shocking children to control behavior was, in fact, torture--and a
It is with great sadness that we at Disability Rights International (DRI) mourn the death of Paul Steven Miller, a former DRI board member and a legend in the disability rights movement in the United States. Paul died at his home on October 19, 2010, following a long illness, surrounded by his family and friends.
Washington, DC -- April 29, 2010 -- Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) has found children and adults with disabilities tortured and abused at a “special needs” residential facility in Massachusetts and has filed an “urgent appeal” with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to demand the United States government end the torture immediately.
