LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to no longer work with a company that provided staffing for a facility where a 16-year-old died earlier this year while being wrongly restrained.
Whitmer said in a statement late Saturday that Sequel Youth and Family Services cannot provide services for facilities licensed by the state agency.
Cornelius Frederick died May 1 after going into cardiac arrest April 29. At the time, authorities said he was being restrained by staff after throwing a sandwich.
The state on Thursday terminated its contracts with Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo.
The Associated Press left an email Sunday morning seeking comment from Sequel Family and Youth Services.
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