Mission

Clog the Pipe is on a mission to spread awareness about hyperincarceration to Chicago teens. Our goal is to provide the knowledge and resources neccesary to stop the school to prison pipeline and overall hyper incarceration of black and brown bodies.


Hyperincarceration

/ˈhīpər, inˌkärsəˈrāSH(ə)n/ noun;

The current American experiment in incarceration, which is defined by comparatively and historically extreme rates of imprisonment and by the concentration of imprisonment among young, African American men living in neighborhoods of concentrated disadvantage.


War on Drugs

/wôr ôn drəɡz/ noun;

The War on Drugs" is an American term commonly applied to a campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade.


School to Prison Pipeline

/sko͞ol to͞o ˈprizən ˈpīp līn/ noun;

The policies and practices that push our nation's schoolchildren, especially our most at-risk children, out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.


seg·re·ga·tion

/ˌseɡrəˈɡāSH(ə)n/ noun;

The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.


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