Preview of EP 65: Explaing the School to Prison Nexus

This is a preview of episode 65 where we discuss the School to Prison Nexus. The practice of putting students who violate the zero-tolerance policies on their campus were frequently pushed out of the traditional educational environment and are either placed into an alternative site, the juvenile system or the criminal justice system. This tendency originally became known as the school-to-prison pipeline. However, over the years, it has become evident that the school-to-prison pipeline theory is more complicated and multilayered.  As a result, a new term called the school to prison nexus as emerged. 

To discuss the difference between the two terms are my guest, Circe Stumbo, and Angelina Ramirez. Ms. Stumbo is president of West Wind Education Policy Inc. which she founded in January of 2001. Angelina Ramirez is a senior at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, majoring in both Political Science and Social and Criminal Justice. She is also a Project Assistant at West Wind Education Policy Inc.