UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project
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A @uclaprisonlaw initiative directed by @SharonDolovich & @aaronlittman tracking deaths in carceral facilities. Contact: [email protected]
Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2020
RT @DavidCFathi: Honored to be interviewed by @uclaprisondata on @ACLU's work to protect incarcerated and detained people from COVID-19. ht….
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RT @aaronlittman: The @uclaprisondata Oral History Project has just posted 25 interviews with litigators and other advocates about their ex….
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"In March 2021, we began an oral history project to contribute to these efforts. This project sought to learn from advocates about both their own experiences of litigating and their clients’ experiences of living during harrowing times.".
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"A volunteer-led effort, the Oral History team conducted dozens of interviews with attorneys and advocates who worked on behalf of incarcerated clients during the COVID pandemic. The archive is now publicly available on our website."
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RT @aaronlittman: I could not be more delighted to be embarking on a partnership between @UCLA_Law’s Prisoners’ Rights Clinic and @MacArthr….
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"“The crisis in America’s prisons, jails and detention centers,” [Ossoff] said, “is ongoing and unconscionable. The Department of Justice and the Congress must treat this as the emergency to constitutional rights that it is."
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RT @bbbennettt: @uclaprisondata hiring a full-time Research Director and a part-time Project Manager to lead this amazing squad into its ne….
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RT @aaronlittman: @uclaprisondata is ALSO hiring a full-time, remote research director to lead our work on carceral mortality. We seek some….
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We're hiring for two remote positions! . UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project seeks a Research Director (FT) and Project Manager (PT). Apply to join our team as we transition focusing on documenting and studying deaths in prison across the country.
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RT @drexelpubhealth: The pandemic behind bars 👉 @joeamon, PhD, clinical professor at Dornsife, discusses health in prisons in this @uclapri….
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We spoke to the health and human rights expert about the impacts of COVID on incarcerated people around the world, poor data transparency by just about all countries, and the potential for a new UN treaty requiring better data collecting and reporting.
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RT @aaronlittman: Please apply to join us as a part-time, remote project manager at @uclaprisondata, as we transition to a new focus on doc….
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Also, please consider making an end-of-year gift to support our work on carceral data transparency and accountability.
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Happy Holidays from the UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project! See our reflections and end-of-year reading list.
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RT @SharonDolovich: Study on sleep in prison seeking current/former correctional officers for 60-120 min interviews! If you are or have rec….
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ICYMI: Our new study finds that Hispanic People Died of COVID at Twice the Rate of their White Peers, and Black People Died at Rate 1.6 Times. Read more here:.
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RT @amandaklonsky1: 🧵Our analysis found that Black and Hispanic people in Texas prisons died of COVID at significantly higher rates than wh….
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ICYMI - our new publication in Health Affairs about racial disparities in deaths in Texas Prisons, along with our full press release on the study. Check out our work in this thread!🧵.
“People in prisons and jails across the country have been hit particularly hard by the ongoing, once-in-a-century pandemic. Our study now shows that Hispanic and Black people in prison are even more at risk than their White peers.” . Our press release:.
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RT @uclaprisondata: 🚨NEW RELEASE🚨. "Study: Hispanic People in Texas Prisons Died of COVID at a Rate Double Their White Peers, Black People….
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Our study, which used data from our new carceral mortality database, highlights the importance of collecting data on deaths behind bars. Stay tuned for the upcoming public launch of our database, which we intend to help support further analyses like this!
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