Law · Boston College
In 2012, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division formally accused the city of Meridian, Mississippi and the state's departments of youth & human services of operating "a school-to-prison pipeline". While it is rare that such explicit practices are alleged, the reality of the school to prison pipeline is well documented. However, the realities of systemic practices & policies that have fueled what Marian Write Edleman & others have characterized as the cradle to prison pipeline are now being scrutinized. The BBA's Cradle to Prison Pipeline Committee describes the process as the mechanism by which dispa
