Combatting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Many people have never heard of the School-to-Prison Pipeline, or may have heard of it but don’t know what it is. Here are some web sites that provide information on this horrific phenomenon that literally funnels children out of our schools and into our prison populations every day.
- http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/school-prison-pipeline
- http://www.naacpldf.org/issues.aspx?issue=3
- http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/Projects/Project.aspx?id=100005
- http://www.jlc.org/projects/7/Juvenile-Justice-and-Education
- http://www.splcenter.org/legal/schoolhouse.jsp
- http://www.dignityinschools.org
- http://www.stopschoolstojails.org
- http://www.schooltoprison.org
While there are a variety of populations that are impacted by this phenomenon, children with special needs are right up there at the top of the list. The failure of public schools to utilize positive behavioral interventions and, instead, rely on punitive measures in response to the manifestation of behaviors related to or caused by children’s handicapping conditions directly contributes to the incarceration of children with handicapping conditions rather than their education and remediation.
Unfortunately, the arrest of 11-year-old Zakhquery Price in Fort Smith, AR is just one of many cases of school districts responding inappropriately to the behavioral needs of special education students and is a prime example of the School-to-Prison Pipeline in action.
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