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Ending Mass Incarceration And School-To-Prison Pipeline


September 10, 2015 to September 12, 2015


The United States has 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's incarcerated population. There are over 7.2 million in jails, prisons, on probation, on parole or under some form of correctional supervision with over 2.2 million incarcerated. There are presently over 20 million Americans with criminal records that prevent them from employment, housing, voting, government student loans for education, and other basic rights as citizens of the United States.

The goals of this conference include: Advocacy: push for strategic reforms in theThe School-to-Prison Pipeline areas of sentencing, zero tolerance policies in schools, law enforcement, policy brutality and workable reentry policies. Educational campaigns: awareness, and resource availability toward strategic engagement. Direct intervention in the lives of families, offenders, and those offended one way or another through the criminal justice system. We gather to advocate for the end to mandatory minimums, closing the gap between poorly resourced schools and the criminalization of school disciplines and mass incarceration, as pivotal conduits in the mass incarceration of especially minority youths in the criminal justice system.

Venue: Ending Mass Incarceration And School-To-Prison Pipeline
Location: 68 Northampton Street Boston
Categories: Human Rights, Law, Legal

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