How the School-to-Prison Pipeline WorksOver the past 20 years, advocates, students, educators, and researchers have coined the term “school-to-prison pipeline” (STPP) to describe how harsh school disciplinary policies and law enforcement policies intersect to feed young people into the criminal punishment system. This is part of a national trend that criminalizes rather than educates students — and one that disproportionately targets black students — as “tough-on-crime” policy has resulted in millions of mostly black and brown people winding up behind bars.
Mariame Kaba. “How the School-To-Prison Pipeline Works.” Teen Vogue, Teen Vogue, 10 Oct. 2017, www.teenvogue.com/story/how-the-school-to-prison-pipeline-works.