Jaleel and Janelle Williams, identified here by their middle names, pose for a self-portrait. Credit: Courtesy of Janelle Williams
Mother of boy locked in cage at Seattle school files lawsuit May 10, 2021
Seattle Public Schools faces a new lawsuit after a principal repeatedly locked an 8-year-old boy in an outdoor enclosure that staff referred to as the cage.
Witnesses told district investigators that sometimes the boy, Jaleel Williams, was kept in the fenced, covered area for hours, and sometimes all day.
Because there were no table or chairs in the area, he ate his lunch on a concrete floor, in view of other students who played outside the enclosure.