Integrated Legal and Social Work Services

DISMANTLING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE

Since 1981, the Moran Center has been dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline with a lifeline of innovative, holistic legal and social work programs.

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Students who have been suspended are 3 times more likely to drop out of school.	Kids with learning disabilities or mental health issues are 3 times more likely to be suspended from school.	Students who do not graduate are 3 times more likely to be incarcerated.	One in three Americans will be arrested by age 23.

Students who have been suspended are 3 times more likely to drop out of school

Students who have been suspended are 3 times more likely to drop out of school.

Kids with learning disabilities or mental health issues are 3 times more likely to be suspended from school

Kids with learning disabilities or mental health issues are 3 times more likely to be suspended from school.

Students who do not graduate are 3 times more likely to be incarcerated

Students who do not graduate are 3 times more likely to be incarcerated.

One in three Americans will be arrested by age 23.

One in three Americans will be arrested by age 23.

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