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Why Policing Our Schools Backfires

Why Policing Our Schools Backfires

From70 Million


Why Policing Our Schools Backfires

From70 Million

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

School resource officers are often called upon in middle and high schools to help with routine discipline. But for many children, especially those with disabilities, a law enforcement response to their behavior can lead to the school-to-prison pipeline. Reporter Claire McInerny tells one family’s story in Texas.Find a resource guide and annotated transcript at our website here.
Released:
Dec 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels.