Criminal Justice Archives - The Hechinger Report

It was the start of my sophomore year at a new public high school in New York City. With its dark brick exterior and barbed wire on the roof, my school already resembled a small prison — and staff had just installed several metal detectors at the front entrance. As my classmates begrudgingly walked through […]

Criminal Justice

OPINION: Students with disabilities should not lose their rights when they are placed in private settings by public school systems

OPINION: I teach Renaissance literature at Columbia, but this week’s lessons are about political protests and administrative decisions

Schools are sending more kids to psychiatrists out of fears of campus violence, prompting concern from clinicians

‘A second prison’: People face hidden dead ends when they pursue a range of careers post-incarceration

OPINION: College access saves money, prevents crime and gives prisoners a second chance