Senator Pushes #Museums to Return “Stolen” Native American Remains and Belongings
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In a #Senate floor speech that centered America’s colonial history, Brian Schatz said institutions have a moral obligation to comply with federal #repatriation law. He demanded urgent action.

#NativeAmerican #NAGPRA #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-schatz-museums-native-american-remains-belongings?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Police Departments Are Turning to #AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage
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Body camera #video equivalent to 25 million copies of #Barbie is collected but rarely reviewed.

Some cities are looking to new #technology to examine this stockpile of footage to identify problematic officers and patterns of behavior.

https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-cameras-video-ai-law-enforcement?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in #Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice
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A temporary program for “dangerously mentally ill” patients has continued for five decades, despite calls from critics to provide better care.

Soon, Idaho will be the only state still using prisons to house #patients who face no criminal charges.

#MentalHealth #CriminalJustice #Health #HealthCare #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-keeps-some-psychiatric-patients-in-prison-ignoring-decades-of-warnings-about-the-practice?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Idaho Hasn’t Assessed #School Buildings for 30 Years. Students and Educators Helped Us Do It Ourselves.
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To understand the problems plaguing underfunded #schools in Idaho, we surveyed 115 superintendents, toured 39 buildings and collected accounts from hundreds of #students, parents and #teachers.

#Education #News #Parents

https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-hasnt-assessed-school-buildings-30-years-students-educators-helped-us-do-it?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Tribes in #Maine Spent Decades Fighting to Rebury Ancestral Remains. #Harvard Resisted Them at Nearly Every Turn.
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The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent #repatriation to the Wabanaki people while still staying in compliance with #NAGPRA.

The tribes didn’t give up.

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-wabanaki-tribes-struggle-to-reclaim-ancestral-remains-from-harvard?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A #Washington Special Education #School Accused of Abusing Students Is Closing Amid Scrutiny
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The state’s investigation of Northwest SOIL, a private program serving public school students, was prompted by reporting from The Seattle Times and ProPublica that uncovered accusations about staff restraining and injuring vulnerable #students.

#Education #News #SpecialEducation #Children #Teachers #Families #Parents #Kids

https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-school-northwest-soil-closes-amid-scrutiny?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post