Our Headline Presenters
Chief Judge Michael Forte
Rhode Island Family Court
Larome Myrick
Director of Juvenile Justice, RI Dept of Children, Youth and Families
Peter McWalters
Ex-RI Commissioner of Education
Other Speakers, Storytellers and YRP Staff
Research and References on the School to Prison Pipeline
Photo credit: America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline The full report by The Children’s Defense Fund is available here.
This is a research brief done by Leah Shorb, a Brown University student working as an intern for the Youth Restoration Project during 2019. She conducted an extensive search of the relevant sources, painting the landscape of the school-to-prison pipeline for us, both in the US and in Rhode Island. Her work is organized under the following categories, with listed references:
- Defining the School to Prison Pipeline
- Origins: Zero-Tolerance and Exclusionary Disciplinary Policies
- Disparate Effects on Marginalized Groups
- Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Increased Surveillance and Criminalization of Youth
- Drop-outs and Criminal Justice Involvement
Symposium Materials
Packet materials:
An Overview of Restorative Practices – 3 Concepts, 3 Tools
The Restorative Continuum
Retributive vs Restorative Justice
Trauma-Informed Practices
Valerie Tutson, RI Black Storytellers
Trinice Holden, Youth Restoration Project
The Fourth Annual Symposium on Restorative Justice Practices in Rhode Island was sponsored by the Youth Restoration Project. We acknowledge the financial support of the National Institute of Justice in developing some of our materials.