Mother was stunned to find her 12-year-old daughter handcuffed to a chair when she went to pick her up from school

A New York mother is outraged after her daughter was tied to a chair at her middle school following an argument with another student.

Christine Henson, 46, picked up her daughter Faith, 12, from IS 584 in the South Bronx on Nov. 19.

But when she arrived at school, her daughter was nowhere to be found.

School officials allegedly escorted Henson to a room inside the school on Saint Ann’s Avenue when she made the horrifying discovery.

The frustrated mother told the Daily News: “My daughter was treated like a criminal.” She was really hurt. It makes no sense.’

Faith struggled and panicked while handcuffed to the chair with her arms folded behind her back, Henson said.

She told her mother that she had been handcuffed for three hours.

The mother recalled: “I asked the school security officer, ‘Why is she wearing handcuffs? Can you please take these away from her?” (The school security officer) said, “She’s not going anywhere.”

Christine Henson, 46, was horrified to find her daughter Faith, 12, handcuffed to a chair at her middle school

Henson claims she was given no explanation as to why her daughter was handcuffed. The school security guard allegedly prevented her from standing near the sixth-grader.

The agent reportedly told Henson that the police needed to come to unlock the handcuffs.

But when six officers arrived, Henson said the agent was the one who had the key to freeing her daughter’s hands.

An NYPD representative told DailyMail.com that she was handcuffed after an argument with another student and became “increasingly agitated.”

The department wrote: “The school security agent attempted to place Velcro handcuffs on the student, the student did not comply and the school security agent was unable to place the Velcro handcuffs on her.”

“The student was then handcuffed with metal handcuffs.”

Police said the mother was notified of the situation and the child was handcuffed for about 15 minutes, not three hours.

Child and civil rights advocates claimed that handcuffing Faith was unnecessary and unacceptable, regardless of how long she was held.

“If there is no immediate threat, these students should receive support.” “Situations can be de-escalated in ways that do not require restrictions,” Rohini Singh, director of the School Justice Project at Advocates for Children, told the Daily News.

Rev. Kevin McCall echoed that sentiment, telling the outlet, “You send your child to school to learn enough, not to handcuff them.”

Police said Faith was tied to a chair after a fight with another student

“We don’t need the police in our schools.”

Faith said she was stunned when she was handcuffed and was surprised when school security officers restrained her.

She told the Daily News, “It just came out of nowhere.”

“They did it secretly. I was confused as to why they did it. It felt terrible. It didn’t feel right. They just did it. They didn’t say why. Now my wrist hurts.’

Henson said she took Faith to an emergency room the next day and her daughter was not punished at school.

But the sixth grader is still stunned by the incident and wants to change schools.

“I’m scared, I don’t even want to go to class,” she said.

On November 22, Henson submitted a request for Faith’s immediate transfer, but was initially told that she should have reported the incident on her day off.

A school official said the earliest she could change schools is next fall.

But McCall said when the situation became widely known, the school offered to transfer the student.

“School and district leadership is reaching out to this family to ensure they receive the support they need and that mental health and emotional support is available at every school,” public schools spokeswoman Jenna Lyle told the Daily News.

Faith said she wanted to leave IS 584 in the South Bronx after the Nov. 19 incident

“We are taking steps to ensure that these resources are known to this student.”

Henson wants to sue the school over this incident.

“The school just glossed over it and expected me to work around it like nothing happened.” “They want this to go away,” she said.

DailyMail.com has reached out to NYC Public Schools for comment.