CCHR: Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

A staggering 36,078 involuntary psychiatric examinations were initiated on children across the state and over 4,000 of these involved children 10 and younger.

Taking a child into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination without giving the parent a chance to help their child is a violation of parental rights.”
— Diane Stein, President CCHR Florida

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, June 23, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Once again Florida made headlines when Reason, the nation's leading libertarian magazine, published an investigative report on police in schools. While the story was mostly focused on School Resource Officers it also covered the abusive use of Florida’s short-term emergency commitment law, called the Baker Act. [1]

Ann Siegel, an attorney with Disability Rights Florida, was quoted in the story stating that not only are they “getting a lot more calls from families of children who've been Baker Acted at school" but that "If you look at the Baker Act statute, there's a provision in there where you're supposed to see if family intervention is a possibility." [2]

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CCHR: Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

CCHR: Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

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