States Where Corporal Punishment Is Legal. Corporal punishment is concentrated in southern states and, to a lesser extent, in some states out west. Where the states stand on corporal punishment:

In 64 states corporal punishment has not been fully prohibited in schools in 16 states, corporal punishment is not fully prohibited in any setting, including as a sentence for crime: As of 2018, corporal punishment is still legal in private schools in every u.s. States currently allow public school personnel to use corporal punishment to discipline children from the time they start preschool until they graduate 12th grade;