This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Two private school administrators and a teacher are facing criminal charges in the death of an autistic student who was restrained for nearly two hours, prosecutors in Northern California said.
District attorney’s officials said lawyers for the three were co-operating with prosecutors. The names of the attorneys were not immediately available.Benson became unresponsive while being held in a “prone restraint” for nearly two hours at the school and died a day later at a hospital, authorities said.
Court documents and state records show Guiding Hands had been the subject of several state investigations over its treatment of special-needs students. The school closed in February after state education officials withdrew its certification. Prone restraints are used in California schools, often on students with special needs, but legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month allows the state Department of Education to suspend or revoke a school’s certification if a student’s health or safety is being compromised.