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From School To Prison

The US Justice Department released it's investigation showing the youth in Meridian, Mississippi's constitutional rights are being violated by the Mississippi Division of Youth Services, Meridian Police Department and Lauderdale County Youth Court. According to the investigation, children in Lauderdale County have been routinely and repeatedly incarcerated for allegedly committing school disciplinary infractions and are punished disproportionately, without constitutionally required procedural safeguards. Children have also been arrested at school for offenses as minor as defiance. Furthermore, children on probation are routinely arrested and incarcerated for allegedly violating their probation by committing minor school infractions, such as dress code violations, which result in suspensions. The department’s investigation showed that students most affected by this system are African-American children and children with disabilities. 

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