Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law.
THE SPACES have gentle names: The reflection room. The cool-down room. The calming room. The quiet room. But shut inside them, in public schools across the state, children as young as 5 wail for their parents, scream in anger and beg to be let out.
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