Report: More Student Support Needed To End School-To-Prison Pipeline [digboston.com]

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 10/8/215:50 PM

By Lily Bohkle, Dig Boston, October 6, 2021

With the new school year in full swing, a new report from the Sentencing Project outlines key steps Massachusetts and other states could take to end what they call the school-to-prison pipeline.

A number of districts in the Commonwealth employ police officers in schools, known as school resource officers.

Leon Smith, executive director of Citizens for Juvenile Justice, said there is little evidence the presence of a police officer improves school safety. He pointed to data that instead shows their presence increases school- and discipline-based arrests.

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