Sunday, August 19, 2018

Shackling of 8-year-old in Family Court prompts outrage, new policy

Erie County Youth Detention employees placed leg irons on an 8-year-old boy and left him shackled while he was waiting in Family Court to appear before a judge in February. That prompted a wave of objections by education officials and county leaders who later learned of the shackling.

The child was a third-grader in Buffalo Public Schools.

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