What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

In the United States, the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP), also known as the school-to-prison link or the schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track, is the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated, because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies.

• The Advancement Project: What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
• The Advancement Project: Education on Lockdown: The Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse Track
• The American Civil Liberties Union: Dignity Denied: The Effect of Zero Tolerance Policies on Students’ Human Rights
• The American Civil Liberties Union: Talking Points: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
• The American Civil Liberties Union: The Schools for All Campaign: The School Bias and Pushout Problem
• The Children’s Defense Fund: America’s Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline
• The Children’s Defense Fund: Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Factsheet
• The Children’s Defense Fund: Wisconsin Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Factsheet
• Dane County Juvenile Justice Disproportionate Minority Contact Solutions Workgroup Report
• Impacts of the School to Prison Pipeline (PowerPoint Presentation)
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
• No More Children Left Behind Bars
• School-to-Prison Reform Project (PowerPoint Presentation)