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Disciplinary policies in K-12 schools are meant to help teachers maintain order and deter students from misbehavior. But the tendency for disciplinary policies to...
Caitlin Curley is a junior at Colorado State University studying journalism with a minor in criminology. She works as Digital Managing Editor of CSU's student newspaper. Caitlin writes about the criminal justice system and mass incarceration for GenFKD.
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Disciplinary policies in K-12 schools are meant to help teachers maintain order and deter students from misbehavior. But the tendency for disciplinary policies to...
The school-to-prison pipeline can impact any child, but profiling in schools means that minorities are disciplined at a disproportionate rate and severity, with major...
Children who interact with law enforcement at a young age are more likely to end up in the criminal justice system. Suspensions, expulsions and...
The school-to-prison pipeline is a multidimensional issue that needs to be tackled by reforming school disciplinary policies as well as the presence of law...
The school-to-prison pipeline starts with an arrest in the classroom – something that has become more commonplace in recent years. A school arrest, or...
Our country’s mass incarceration crisis is a systemic, multi-tiered issue that has pervaded all aspects of society. Research shows that the way children interact...
Getting arrested has a slew of associated costs that impact people and their families for a lifetime. The cost of incarceration can expand and extend...
The impact of being arrested, no matter what the final outcome, can take a lifelong toll on someone’s finances, employment status and professional network. As police...
It’s no secret that former prisoners have difficulties finding work once they get out. But ex-convict unemployment isn’t just a burden on them, it’s a financial...
The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, legislation that would reduce criminal sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, is gaining traction and giving hope that mass...