Based on the article below, there's only one place in the US still using them. This is a shocking revelation to me. Even reading your post, I was thinking "There's no way this really happens." And, for the most part, it isn't, but you're surprisingly right that it is not illegal.
In addition to banning this, we should be calling for CPS investigations on this facility: Judge Rotenburg Education Center.
There have been many attempts to close the JRC from many sources, including state governments and a Department of Justice investigation. Working on a time line for you, actually. They're a surprisingly hard dragon to defeat. What exactly is CPS -- do you mean Child Protective Services or another organization?
I haven't heard about anyone calling for CPS investigations, as you suggested. Wonder if ASAN, ADAPT, etc. have pursued that?
I do mean Child Protective Services, yes. I know they mostly investigate homes, but isn't investigating schools on their list of responsibilities as well? Maybe it isn't. It should be, though, if they're actually about protecting children.
I'm coming at it with the perspective of childcare in Mexico. Our version of CPS does investigate facilities like this one.
Based on the article below, there's only one place in the US still using them. This is a shocking revelation to me. Even reading your post, I was thinking "There's no way this really happens." And, for the most part, it isn't, but you're surprisingly right that it is not illegal.
In addition to banning this, we should be calling for CPS investigations on this facility: Judge Rotenburg Education Center.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fda-proposes-ban-certain-shock-devices-second-time-2024-03-25/#:~:text=The%20FDA%20has%20information%20to,Education%20Center%20in%20Canton%2C%20Massachusetts.
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There have been many attempts to close the JRC from many sources, including state governments and a Department of Justice investigation. Working on a time line for you, actually. They're a surprisingly hard dragon to defeat. What exactly is CPS -- do you mean Child Protective Services or another organization?
I haven't heard about anyone calling for CPS investigations, as you suggested. Wonder if ASAN, ADAPT, etc. have pursued that?
I do mean Child Protective Services, yes. I know they mostly investigate homes, but isn't investigating schools on their list of responsibilities as well? Maybe it isn't. It should be, though, if they're actually about protecting children.
I'm coming at it with the perspective of childcare in Mexico. Our version of CPS does investigate facilities like this one.