COMBATING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
Focus on Allegheny County
Learn about the ACLU of Pennsylvania's campaigns to reduce the role of police in school discipline in Allegheny County public schools.
School Policing in Allegheny County
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Student Arrests in Allegheny County Schools: The Need for Transparency and Accountability 2022
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Will Use Grant Funds to Send Security Guards to A Police Academy, WESA-FM, 4/27/2023
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​School to Prison Pipeline
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A New Gwen’s Girls Initiative Aims to Reduce Juvenile Justice Referrals in Allegheny County, 2023.
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Schools Innovate Around Behavior as Suspensions Fall into Disfavor
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From School to Jail: How Hundreds of Kids Get Arrested in Pittsburgh Schools Every Year
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Report: Disrupting Pathways to Juvenile Justice for Youth in Allegheny County, 2020
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Report: Just Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Greater Pittsburgh​
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Over-Policing of Youth
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Letter to Mayor Gainey Regarding Increasing Policing Downtown to address “unruly” youth behavior, 2023
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Letter to City Council Regarding Enforcement for Curfew for Youth under 17, 2023
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Surveillance
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Stopping the Use of Surveillance Software (Gaggle) in Pittsburgh Public Schools, 2021, letter to board, factsheet
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Arming Police
Podcasts and Audio
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The Confluence: Allegheny County Schools Significantly Underreport School-Related Arrests, Says ACLU of Pennsylvania 2022 [Audio]
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Creating a School Environment That's Fair and Just for Students [Podcast], 2022
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This Student Fought a School Fine for Four Years, ACLU "At Liberty" Podcast, 9/14/2023: Why are students being fined by police in schools? Across the nation, students are being disciplined through tickets with shocking frequency, burdening them with hefty fines and subjecting them to the juvenile justice system, all of which greases the skids on the school-to-prison pipeline. [Podcast]
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The Police Training of School Security Guards: At What Cost?, The Confluence, WESA-FM, 5/02/2023, minute 7:00 - 14:38 [Podcast]