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Professor Waterhouse's Column on School-to-Prison Pipeline in 'Indianapolis Recorder'
01/18/2017
A study by the United States Commission on Civil Rights Indiana Advisory Committee shows that the state’s incarceration rate is 13 percent higher than the national average, and the rate for youth is 25 percent higher. Professor Carlton Waterhouse, who serves on the committee, discussed the study results in a column published by the Indianapolis Recorder.
The study finds that African-American boys and girls, and all children with disabilities, are at the highest risk of getting out-of-school suspension as punishment, which can lead to dropping out of school entirely, Professor Waterhouse wrote. The study finds that bias is a factor in the way punishments are delivered.
Professor Waterhouse is a Dean’s Fellow and is director of the Environmental Energy and Natural Resources Law Program at IU McKinney. He is internationally recognized for his work on environmental justice and for his research and writing on reparations for historic injustices and state human rights violations.
