Ohio Attorney General sues to remove youth center operator amid allegation of painful restraints, abuse
Records show the state had previously warned Mohican Young Star about its use of restraint holds involving children with behavioral and emotional needs. Author: Bennett Haeberle Updated: 12:46 PM EST March 4, 2021
PERRYSVILLE, Ohio Ohio’s attorney general is taking legal action against the operator of a youth behavioral treatment facility following a series of recent inspections that uncovered a “systemic use of illegal and unsafe restraints” involving children, according to a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
On Wednesday, Yost’s office filed a lawsuit in Ashland County Common Pleas Court against Mohican Young Star Academy, a behavioral treatment facility for boys ages 12 to 21. The approximately 80 children at the facility come from all over the state, 10 Investigates has learned through its own analysis of stat
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Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center personnel administer a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to Barbara Schmalenberger Tuesday March 2 at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. OSU was among the first to give the J&J shots in the U.S. after the federal government provided emergency use authorization for them on Saturday. (Logan Wallace/The Ohio State University)The Ohio State University/Logan Wallace
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