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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline

by rms 13y ago

ck2 13y ago
omg that is horrifying - everyone needs to read the wikipedia article linked above So many lives ruined before even becoming teenagers. Where are their lobbyists?
- ljf 13y ago
  Dear lord that is depressing, even more so this article linked to from wikipedia:http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/August/12-crt-993.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/August/12-crt-993.html Quote: The department’s investigation showed that the agencies have helped to operate a school-to-prison pipeline whereby children arrested in local schools become entangled in a cycle of incarceration without substantive and procedural protections required by the U.S. Constitution. The department’s findings show that children in Lauderdale County have been routinely and repeatedly incarcerated for allegedly committing school disciplinary infractions and are punished disproportionately, without constitutionally required procedural safeguards. Children have also been arrested at school for offenses as minor as defiance. Furthermore, children on probation are routinely arrested and incarcerated for allegedly violating their probation by committing minor school infractions, such as dress code violations, which result in suspensions. The department’s investigation showed that students most affected by this system are African-American children and children with disabilities.
- illuminate 13y ago
  "Where are their lobbyists?" Where's their money? (AKA "speech").
andyjohnson0 13y ago
See also "With Police in Schools, More Children in Court" [1] in the New York Times. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/education/with-police-in-schools-more-children-in-court.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/education/with-police-in-s...
angersock 13y ago
I really hate tinfoil, but sometimes I read things like this and just get a bit worried: http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/12/01/school-allows-private-prison-company-to-conduct-drug-sweeps/ http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/12/01/school-allows-privat... Even at the level of "Well, they just needed a contractor and look who shows up", this sort of thing is deeply disturbing.
- illuminate 13y ago
  There's no conspiracy, the prison industrials also handle school security.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline

by rms 13y ago

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline

ck2 13y ago

omg that is horrifying - everyone needs to read the wikipedia article linked above So many lives ruined before even becoming teenagers. Where are their lobbyists?

ljf 13y ago
Dear lord that is depressing, even more so this article linked to from wikipedia:http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/August/12-crt-993.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/August/12-crt-993.html Quote: The department’s investigation showed that the agencies have helped to operate a school-to-prison pipeline whereby children arrested in local schools become entangled in a cycle of incarceration without substantive and procedural protections required by the U.S. Constitution. The department’s findings show that children in Lauderdale County have been routinely and repeatedly incarcerated for allegedly committing school disciplinary infractions and are punished disproportionately, without constitutionally required procedural safeguards. Children have also been arrested at school for offenses as minor as defiance. Furthermore, children on probation are routinely arrested and incarcerated for allegedly violating their probation by committing minor school infractions, such as dress code violations, which result in suspensions. The department’s investigation showed that students most affected by this system are African-American children and children with disabilities.
illuminate 13y ago
"Where are their lobbyists?" Where's their money? (AKA "speech").

andyjohnson0 13y ago

See also "With Police in Schools, More Children in Court" [1] in the New York Times. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/education/with-police-in-schools-more-children-in-court.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/education/with-police-in-s...

angersock 13y ago

I really hate tinfoil, but sometimes I read things like this and just get a bit worried: http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/12/01/school-allows-private-prison-company-to-conduct-drug-sweeps/ http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/12/01/school-allows-privat... Even at the level of "Well, they just needed a contractor and look who shows up", this sort of thing is deeply disturbing.

illuminate 13y ago
There's no conspiracy, the prison industrials also handle school security.