Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law.

The spaces have gentle names, like “the reflection room.” But shut inside them, children as young as 5 wail for their parents, scream in anger and beg to be let out.
— Read on features.propublica.org/illinois-seclusion-rooms/school-students-put-in-isolated-timeouts/