Yes, this does seem all too plausible, the way bureaucracies and organizations sometimes act.
" . . . Tap someone on the shoulder to attract their attention, and they don’t think ‘that is how Stephen has always attracted my attention since he was a child’ – they say – ‘he touched me, that is an assault’ and promptly record it in their daily log…..
"When Stephen’s Father went to collect him after three days, they had logged many such ‘assaults’ – and announced that they were retaining Stephen for ‘assessment’. No! His Father couldn’t take him home. . . "
http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/the ... he-future/
That in particular, is pitiful on the part of the institution.
All the same, I want to get additional sources, rather than just one site which I am not familiar with.