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WellPath LLC was the only company that submitted a proposal for Luzerne County prison inmate medical services, records show.

The state generally hasn’t taken advantage of its opportunity to challenge in annual Probate Court hearings the use of skin shocks. That should change in light of the SJC’s decision.

New information obtained by CBS 6 shows Richmond Police initiated the process that led to a mentally ill man being placed under a court order for psychiatric treatment.

Local officials held a meeting Saturday morning at the Foothills Library to address concerns over a proposed rezoning project.

DANVILLE — When you ask a group of middle-schoolers what they want to paint on the outside of their school, you get a wide array of responses.

A Massachusetts institution for the developmentally disabled can continue to use controversial electric shock devices to address aggressive or self-harming behavior in residents, the state's highest court ruled Thursday, though it left the door open to future challenges. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld a 2018 lower court ruling that the state acted in bad faith in regulating the Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Educational Center. JRC, which pr...

The Judge Rotenberg Center can continue delivering painful electric shocks to its disabled clients as part of its therapy after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declined to step in and stop the practice.

August 31, 2023

The Judge Rotenberg Center can continue to be the sole facility in the country to use electric skin shock therapy on its developmentally delayed clients, but state agencies can challenge its use on a case-by-case basis.

A Massachusetts institution for the developmentally disabled can continue to use controversial electric shock devices to address aggressive or self-harming behavior in residents, the state's highest court ruled Thursday, though it left the door open to future challenges. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld a 2018 lower court ruling that the state acted in bad faith in regulating the Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Educational Center. JRC, which ...