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School-to-prison pipeline

In the United States, the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP), also known as the school-to-prison link or the schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track, is the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated or funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Many experts have credited factors such as school disturbance laws, zero tolerance policies and practices, and an increase in police in schools in creating the pipeline. This has become a hot topic of debate in discussions surrounding educational disciplinary policies as media coverage of youth violence and mass incarceration has grown during the early 21st century.

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This is a really good intro, and it really does a good job of describing the SPP in simple terms. I think the next step would just be to go into more detail on everything you talked about here. Like give examples of the school disturbance laws. Also, start to add citations. Overall, you're off to a good start!