Cradle to Prison Pipeline

Santa Clara County Probation Program's Alternative to Warehousing Youths

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

The programs cognitive therapeutic approach directs young people to confront the choices they've made and develop empathy for their victims.

A Look at Race, Incarceration, and American Values

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

The current incarceration crisis is creating a cycle too many children and youths are finding difficult to escape and that is ravaging black families and communities.

The Growing Problem of Over-Policing Our Schools

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living


Marian Wright Edelman

The over-policing of public schools -- is one more threat to our nation's children at risk of entering the pipeline to prison.

National Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit This Week

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living


Marian Wright Edelman

The disparity in spending on youth incarceration compared to spending for education reveals how perverse the California's priorities have become.

Sentencing Children to Die in Prison

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

The EJI study found 73 cases in the United States where 13- and 14-year-olds have been sentenced to life without parole -- in other words, sentenced to die in prison.