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SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE

A process through which students of minority groups or from disadvantaged backgrounds are pushed out of schools and into prisons because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies.

GONE TOO FAR: OUR KIDS IN HANDCUFFS

Listen to Kyle Thompson's story. Kyle is part of a national trend where children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

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Source: ACLU

Thousands of kids are ending up behind bars rather than in classrooms. Experts talk about the factors that are leading a certain demographic of children into the court system and jail.

“Police officers have become a regular and growing presence in schools across America, particularly in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.”

- DENNIS PARKER, ACLU RACIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Watch the trailer to a documentary, on Kalief Browder. A student from Bronx NY, who ended up on Rikers Island for three painful years without being convicted for a crime. Two years later, he was found by his family after hanging himself. If you’re interested in seeing more, the full documentary is on Netflix.

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