Professional Documents
Culture Documents
the School-to-Prison
Pipeline
Christian Manigo
Legal Studies Academy
First Colonial High School
April 13, 2019
Presentation Outline
● School-to-Prison pipeline
● Zero-tolerance disciplinary policies
● Racial bias
● Implementation of school resource officers
Comparative Research
● South Africa
● Focus on school performance
● Corporal punishment
● The National Education Policy Act (1996)
Study Design
● “...officers are not educators, and they look at things from a criminal
perspective.” - School administrator
● “The zero tolerance policy is not a very smart one, in my opinion,
because it doesn’t teach children about forgiveness and that everybody
is going to make a mistake every once in a while.” - School Counselor
● “I do believe we need to have a common language around how
classrooms and offices are managed and be aware of general
guidelines for behavioral violations in the school, but I do believe that
we need to consider the situational factors and restorative practices in
establishing consequences.” - Teacher
Implications