The law that allows for these removals is meant to be limited to people with severe mental illness, but advocates say schools nationwide are using the practice in response to
Last year, children were handcuffed and sent to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation at least 117 times from schools in Wicomico County, on Maryland s Eastern Shore. The
SALISBURY, Md. — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed