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As of 2024, corporal punishment is still legal in private schools in every U.S. state except Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey and New York, legal in public schools in 17 states, and practiced in 12 of the states.
Corporal punishment of minors in the United States, meaning the infliction of physical pain or discomfort by parents or other adult guardians, including in some cases school officials, [1] for purposes of punishing unacceptable attitude, is subject to varying legal limits, depending on the state.
Prison corporal punishment or disciplinary corporal punishment, ordered by prison authorities or carried out directly by correctional officers against the inmates for misconduct in custody, has long been common practice in penal institutions worldwide. It has officially been banned in most Western civilizations during the 20th century, but is ...
Corporal punishment remains legal in many public and private schools in the United States and is disproportionately used among Black students and children with disabilities."
This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical ...
There are now only four states in the U.S. that have banned corporal punishment in all their schools.
Criminal law has a general prohibition against common assault and battery, but corporal punishment is legal through tradition and an implicit common law justification/defence (R v Hopley 2F&F 202, 1860 [93]) to such charges for parents striking their children in the context of "lawful correction" where the act is "moderate and reasonable".
In February, a group of Democrats introduced the Ban Corporal Punishment in Schools Act, which would also establish a private right of action for students to sue over the practice, and giving ...