"1 in 3 #Maryland #foster #children are being given psychotropic #medications, often without a documented #psychiatric #diagnosis, according to the #ACLU lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Maryland. This is compared to about 8% of Medicaid-eligible children nationwide who are not in foster care."

Aside from health risks of docs prescribing meds off-label to kids, let's talk about the #education and #PrisonPipeline implications of this atrocity. 1/2

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-lawsuit-foster-children-20230117-e7lyxy7gdfcv7g7ezmafgnt33e-story.html

@drymifolia @forensicgarlic We agree that the system is broken. If you read earlier in this thread, you'll see what my professional background is relating to the topic. I have been actively working to end the #PrisonPipeline system for years. I am open to healthy discussion about how we can move forward as a society, but I'm not convinced a simple either-or answer will fix what ails America.

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"From @ProPublica : 'An Illinois school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline, resulting in the highest arrest rate of any district in the country. In one recent year, half of [its] students were arrested.'"

https://law.builders/@IntlLawGnome/109531926488005581

#CriminalJustice #PrisonPipeline #Jail #Jails #Prison #Prisons #Disability #Police #Cops

The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school #prisonpipeline #disability

The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school #prisonpipeline #disability

@meoutloud I hear your concerns about not wanting to promote -isms within education. For the better part of the last decade (pre-covid) my work focus was split between the needs of profoundly gifted kids (think kids who start college as early as 10) and kids/teens caught up in the juvenile justice system (often mis-served by public school #SpEd). I am extremely sensitive to dismantling the #PrisonPipeline system as well as ensuring ALL #students have the opp to learn. When you think about ... /1