Disability Rights Arkansas

Stop the School-to-Prison-Pipeline

Children should be educated, not incarcerated.

Arkansas has consistently ranked in the bottom 10 for education and the top 10 for incarceration. Incarceration and out-of-home placement should be last resorts.

Resources

Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline
Shutting Down the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Restoration of Voting Rights for Convicted felons
State Action to Narrow the School-To-prison Pipeline (Part 2)
The School-to-prison pipeline: a legislative database Summary
School-to-Prison Pipeline Persists Despite Local, State and National Efforts
disparate and Punitive impact of exclusionary practices on students of color, students with disabilities and lgbtq students in pA public schools