SOC 082 PZ -Education and the Carceral State

This course will examine the practices and policies that comprise the School-to-Prison Nexus, situating them within their historical, political, and philosophical contexts. Students will analyze efforts to challenge and transform these systems through social movements, legislative advocacy, and educational policy activism. Drawing on abolitionist and reformist perspectives, the course engages multiple disciplinary, theoretical, and conceptual frameworks to critically assess the role of schooling in systems of punishment and control. Particular attention is given to structural inequality and the ways gender, race, disability, sexuality, and citizenship shape patterns of school discipline and disproportionately impact marginalized communities.