Maryland curbs use of seclusion, restraint for misbehaving students

Every day, Maryland schools lock up students for misbehaving, often keeping them in closet-sized, padded rooms monitored by an adult watching through a small window or by video camera.

Sometimes they lock up children as little as kindergarteners. And sometimes, those children, desperate and scared, try to harm themselves inside.

This long-standing practice of seclusion will be banned in the state’s public schools when a new state law takes effect on Friday. The practice will still be allowed in private schools funded with public tax dollars...

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-curbs-use-of-seclusion-restraint-for-misbehaving-students-RSOSMM3FQFENRPUB3AZ25CWDV4/?tag1=facebook&tag2=socialnewsdesk&fbclid=IwAR18Slu31mQWI17l2wqEdI4sZFIkyo7YhrP9I0oIlD__aGZtRRzEcSbcp8U