Education and Mass Incarceration

By:. Education and Mass Incarceration. By: Nina Delgado, Gia Henkel, Brittney Rebollar , Venetian Truong.

Introduction. The History of Mass Incarceration Education to Prison ”Pipeline” Nixon’s “War on Drugs” and the subsequent Anti-Drug Abuse act of 1986.

The history of mass incarceration. Mass Incarceration/ the prison system was created right after the release of the slave population in the late 18 th century. It was used as a societal feature that operated under the guise of law and justice in order to tame and control the African American population. Our system of mass incarceration has since grown and developed exponentially and turned into a monster economic system with its hand in just bout every aspect of society. (spider web).

Education. There is an unfortunate similarity between the prison system and the education system in their disciplinary tactics. ( Ie . Detention, OSS (out of school suspension) and ISS (in school suspension)) Unfortunately, the majority of incarcerated people are victims of a failed education system..

“War on drugs”. Anti-Drug Abuse act of 1986 and “law and order” propaganda Tactics as thinly veiled attempts to target minority groups specifically the black community.

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