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	A security guard at a school in the US handcuffed a young girl to stairs for over an hour, it has been alleged.</p>
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	Marlena Wordlow claims a security guard at Fernwood Elementary School in Chicago handcuffed her special needs daughter Madisyn (6) to stairs near the school&#39;s boiler.</p>
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	Other students told the security guard the child had stolen sweets, however her mother claims it was part of her lunch.</p>
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	Wordlow says when she turned up at the school she was taken to her daughter, who was still handcuffed.</p>
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	Little Madisyn was &#39;crying, sweating and visibly scared and distraught&#39;, according to the lawsuit.</p>
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	&quot;He said &#39;I&#39;m teaching her a f----g lesson. She took a piece of candy and I handcuffed her under the stairs... he told me if I was a real parent, I would find out what was going on instead of jumping the gun&quot; Marlena said.</p>
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	Madisyn has since been taken out of the school, however her mother has been unable to find a place at another school for her yet.</p>
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	In a statement, the Chicago Public Schools says the guard has been fired and a &quot;do not hire&quot; note was placed in his personnel file.</p>
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	The district says it took immediate action.</p>
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	(Published by the irish Independent on the 12th August 2016)</p>
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