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October 25, 2012

Prosecutors Sue Mississippi for "School to Prison Pipeline" 
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The Justice Department is suing state and local officials in Mississippi
for allegedly violating the rights of children — especially black
and disabled — with routine and unjustified arrests. A federal
complaint accuses officers in Meridian, Mississippi, of operating a
"school to prison pipeline," in which youth are consistently arrested
after being suspended from school for infractions such as dress code
violations or talking back to teachers. It is the first time the Justice
Department has used a 1994 federal anti-discrimination law on behalf of
youths.

 

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