Stewart Patrick asks advocates of restraint some fair questions in his column this week: But apostles of restraint have their work cut out for them. Their first task is conceptual. They need to ...

This year I have interviewed dozens of people who have told me how aged care facilities drugged their parents, grandparents, husbands, wives and neighbours. We’d sit down in someone’s home, or in an ...

“All persons with mental illness have a right to be free from harm, including unnecessary or excessive physical restraint, isolation, medication, abuse or neglect,” according to the California Welfare ...

Capt. Doug Fears, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, speaks during a ceremony to commission the cutter in Charleston, Dec. 6, 2014. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class ...

Massachusetts is one of a growing number of states that are putting new restrictions on the practice of restraining and secluding public school students. The techniques — which have been blamed for ...