Punishing Distress, Policing Belonging: A Case of Colonial Logics of the School-to-Prison Nexus
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
Published online on February 26, 2026
Abstract
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This case examines the school-to-prison nexus (STPN) through the experiences of Sarah, an eighth-grader at a borderlands middle school in El Paso. Using coloniality of knowing, emotions, and being as an analytic frame, the case illustrates how trauma ...
This case examines the school-to-prison nexus (STPN) through the experiences of Sarah, an eighth-grader at a borderlands middle school in El Paso. Using coloniality of knowing, emotions, and being as an analytic frame, the case illustrates how trauma ...