schools put students in padded 'scream rooms'

Source: Eyewitness News

PHOENIX (CBS5) - It's a punishment with many names: cool down rooms, time out rooms, even scream rooms.

You'll find them in many Valley schools and chances are you don't even know they exist.

They're essentially boxes where rowdy kids are sent to calm down.

But do they even work?

And is this a punishment that some schools are using a little too much?

"They never really told me why or when they put him in there, just that he was, quote, 'out of control,'" said mother Leslie Noyes.

Leslie and Eric Noyes are the proud parents of a 7-year-old boy.

"He's just a great kid, you know?" Eric Noyes said.

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