The school-to-prison pipeline can be described as the link between educational exclusion and the criminalization of black and brown youth. These children are often suspended or expelled from school as a result of zero tolerances policies. Under zero-tolerance policies, students may be suspended or expelled for violating school rules such as possession of firearms, drugs (tobacco, alcohol, controlled substances, etc.), fighting, defiance, and disruptive behavior. Such policies are strict, uncompromising, result in automatic punishments, and tend to increase rates of disproportionality.

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