The statehouse-to-prison pipeline is the practice of introducing bills that create new crimes, enhance existing penalties, and/or expand current laws that result in more people going to prison or jail.
Student Arrests in Allegheny County Schools: The Need for Transparency and Accountability is a new research report published by the ACLU of Pennsylvania. The report finds that student arrests or referrals to police occur more often than are documented by schools.
Broken Rules: How Pennsylvania Courts Use Cash Bail to Incarcerate People Before Trial is a new research report published by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.