Prelude to Prison: Student Perspectives on School Suspension - Hardcoverby Marsha Weissman (Author) By the close of the twentieth century, the United States became known for its reliance on incarceration as the chief means of social control, particularly in poor communities of color. The carceral state has been extended into the public school system in these communities in what has become known as the "school to prison pipeline." Through interviews with young people suspended from school, Weissman examines the impact of