Tuesday, November 6, 2012

School to Prison Pipeline

On October 24th, the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against against Meridian and Lauderdale County in Mississippi for maintaining a regimen of school discipline that includes incarceration at a detention center 80 miles away. The list of offenses that a student can be incarcerated for include flatulence and dress code infractions. Need I even note the complete absence of due process? The Washington Post has a more here.


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