school to prison pipeline

Baltimore has a policy of suspending students with violent and aggressive behavior from school and from the bus. The number of student arrests in Baltimore City Schools has plummeted 98% in 2022, but whistleblowers reported that authorities are trying to keep the numbers down for political reasons.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – Last month a video emerged of a La Mesa police officer violently slamming a 17-year-old student onto the ground at a San Diego charter school. The juvenile, who had complained of feeling ill, was accused by a teacher of being on drugs. When the student consented to a search of her belongings, no drugs were found but some pepper spray was.

Chicago Police patrol the neighborhood at Gresham Elementary School on the first day of classes in Chicago.