Pubdate: Tue, 09 Dec 2003
Source: Daily Independent, (Ashland, KY)
Copyright: 2003 The Daily Independent, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.dailyindependent.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1573
Author: Charles Byrnes

WHEN DID SCHOOLS BECOME LIKE PRISONS?

When did our schools become prison camps?

With each passing day, there are more school lock downs with commando-style 
raids on our children. Police do sweeps of the halls with their guns drawn 
and attack dogs at their side. How much longer will it be before one of our 
children is hurt, or worse killed, by the actions of our law enforcement 
agencies?

Our kids are forced into mandatory drug tests but are not tested for 
alcohol. Why is this?

Our children are students not prisoners! Why have the states gone to such 
great lengths to treat our children as prisoners and our schools as prisons?

Could it be that the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, 
and they are preparing our kids for their future?

Charles Byrnes

Taylor Mill
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