The US-American School-to-Prison Pipeline


	The US-American School-to-Prison Pipeline

Rasmus

2-7-2008 10:56 PM

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usa, school-to-prison pipeline, youth

Rasmus says:

A nation with a barbarically loveless concept of law and order libels God by avering "In God We Trust".

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2-9-2008 12:11 PM

jonhatespigeons

Making rods for their own backs.

2-9-2008 2:47 PM

ramthor

The criminal justice system cannot substitute for PARENTING!
Children need nurturing, protection, and a set of values that will guide them as they mature.

2-12-2008 8:33 AM

tabsey

Most importantly they need hope.

2-13-2008 12:55 AM

Rasmus

No. XIII of the Additional amendments to the United States Constitution (ratified on December 6, 1865) warrants the state organs of the U.S. of America to overlay the country with a Gulag Archipelago. Criminals are abounding; and if not - it's a matter of definition what a penal labor deserving crime is, right?

Is there anybody who could console me?

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