Mississippi Schools Sending Kids To Prison For Misbehaving In The Classroom

Mississippi Schools Sending Kids To Prison For Misbehaving In The Classroom: The Department of Justice on Friday uncovered a so-called “School-to-Prison pipeline” in Mississippi, where teachers and principals are shipping off children into the criminal justice system for infractions as small as a dress code violation. Schools in the city of Meridian, MS, have an established practice of sending students, particularly black and disabled students, to [...]/p