Chicagos School to Prison Pipeline

20 09 School suspensions significantly contribute to dropping out of school, and dropping out of school is a significant predictor of incarceration. Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be incarcerated in their lifetime (Martin & Halperin, 2006) and 68% of state prisoners are dropouts (Harlow, 2003), demonstrating that the pipeline ends at prisons and jails. WHITE TOTAL AMERICAN INDIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ALAS KAN NATIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK MULTIRACIAL HISPANIC ASIAN grade pk-8 5,310 8,511 312 395 3 1,740 729 2,469 65 male 10 4 14 4,030 11,470 13 78 3,201 female grade 9-12 81 119 38 406 395 232 4,150 3,731 7,811 6,820 12,194 5,374 male 81 17 38 119 female grade pk-8 4,362 1,674 6,036 118 21 139 | 2 5,414 1,910 12 919 212 male 1 13 1,131 7,324 female 1 grade 9-12 4,787 7,723 2,936 295 406 6,711 10,403 11 28 18 46 15 female male 1,589 620 2,209 111 CHICAGOPUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Chicago Public Schools serves approximately 407,000 students in 675 schools. It is the third largest school district in the country. Data from the Illinois State Board of Education suggests that 23, 664 CPS students were suspended once in the 2008-2009 school year. However, traditionally these data undercount the number of actual suspensions that take place in Chicago Public Schools. In addition, they do not count any arrests on school grounds. PHYSICAL DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY FELT THREATENED UNSAFE OR INJURED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY 1/1+ TIMES FIGHT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY 1+ TIMES CH US CH US CH US 15.1% 5.0% 13.2% 7.7% 20.6% 11.1% High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (CDC, 2009) ARRESTS IN CHICAGO ARRESTS AT SCHOOL According to the Chicago Police Department, there were 18,287 arrests of youth 16 and under in 2009 in the city of Chicago. AGE ARRESTS CHARGE TYPE 20 08 20 09 4 change 17 52 TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS OF PERSONS 16 & UNDER (CITY OF CHICAGO, 2008 & 2009) 10 98 5,851 14,536 2,775 20,387 FELONY 4,957 13,330 2,463 18,287 -15.3% -8.3% 196 463 MISDEMEANOR 11 OTHER* -11.2% 12 13 TOTAL -10.3% 819 1,263 15 ARRESTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATIONS (CITY OF CHICAGO, 2008 & 2009) ** 14 2,176 16 FELONY 940 832 -11.5% 3,879 267 3,590 175 MISDEMEANOR -7.5% 1,627 1,089 18 OTHER* -34.5% 5,086 4,597 -9.6% 17 TOTAL 444 *'Other' includes local ordinances, petty offenses, and business offenses. **Includes location codes that reflect public schools buildings and public school grounds. Source: CLEAER DW queried 1/19/10-downloaded from WBEZ site on 9/16/10 2003, Chicago Police Dept. CPS STUDENT SUSPENSIONS more than once only once 7,