what is the pipeline?

what is the school to prison pipeline?

the school-to-prison pipeline, a disturbing national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. many of these children have mental disabilities or are below the poverty line, abuse, alcoholism, and drug addiction households, and would gain help from education, and other forms of sanctuary. instead, they are isolated, punished, and pushed out.

Zero-tolerance policies criminalize minor infractions of school rules, while cops in schools lead to students being criminalized for behavior that should be handled inside the school. these low-level crimes end up hurting these children who's lives are then taken from them by this pipeline.