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Nearly 38,000 children in Florida were detained for involuntary psychiatric exams in 2018-2019. A new report from Florida Weekly states that's an increase of more than 150% in 18 years. Advocates hope two proposals in front of the state legislature will provide better protections.
More than 30,000 children have been involuntarily committed in Florida every year since 2013 a trend which advocates say is a “misuse” of the state’s Baker Act that leaves kids who are already vulnerable “deeply traumatized.”