Black Mississippi Students Being Sent To Prison For Minor Violations

Posted by | August 13, 2012 18:56 | Filed under: Top Stories


Submitted by Emily S

The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department has determined that black students’ rights are being violated by “the Lauderdale County Youth Court, the Meridian Police Department, and the Mississippi Division of Youth Services in what civil rights investigators allege is a school to prison pipeline with even dress code violations resulting in incarceration.”

Also in the findings letter the Civil Rights Division alleges that “Lauderdale County and the Youth Court Judges violate the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to provide children procedural due process in the youth court. Lauderdale County, the Youth Court judges, and the Mississippi Division of Youth Services violate the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to provide children procedural due process rights in the probationary process.”

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