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Zoe Jones

Close the School-to-Prison Pipeline

November 14, 2015 by Zoe Jones and John Blume

Here are some empty desks

Recently, South Carolina schools were thrust into the national spotlight when a video depicting an encounter between a Richland County Sherriff’s Deputy and a 16-year-old African-American student went viral.  The deputy, Ben Fields, has been widely criticized for using excessive force given that the student’s “offense” was using a cellphone in class.  Others, however, believed… Read More →

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