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Shameful Treatment of Children in Meridian, Miss. Is Not the Only Example of...
In recent years, juvenile justice advocates, lawyers, policy-makers, and reformers have increasingly sought to raise awareness of the American phenomenon of the “school-to-prison pipeline.” The term...
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Meridian Struggles with School-to-Prison Allegations
This story was produced in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity Lionel Townsend will turn 14 in September and a few months after that he will be able to return to school, ending a year of...
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School-to-Jailhouse Pipeline Not Only in Mississippi
This story was produced in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity Meridian is not alone under the DOJ magnifying glass. In a somewhat similar case in Tennessee, the DOJ says the Juvenile...
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Department of Justice Sues over ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’ in Meridian, Miss.
Lauderdale County Courthouse - Meridian, Miss. Photo by Bill Herndon The federal Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the Mississippi county, city and judges who they say systematically ignore youthful...
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DOJ: Sunlight, Lawsuit to Close Miss. School-to-Prison Pipeline
The U.S. Department of Justice says a school-to-prison pipeline that runs through schools, the city police department and juvenile courts threatens children in Meridian, Miss. The school system is...
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