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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

Family sues Family Support Services of North Florida, Jewish Family and Community Services, and i.K.A.R.E. Youth and Family Services.

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 Marylands Eastern Shore. The

The Baker Act allows a person to be involuntarily detained and examined if they are believed to be having a mental health crisis and posing a danger to themselves or to others.

A naked man was caught on camera shouting sexual phrases and trying to get into homes in a gated Naples community.

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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

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Advocates say schools across the country are sending children to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations in response to behaviors prompted by bullying or frustration over assignments. The ER trips,

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