A comfortable place to live. An easy commute on the subway. Green spaces, well-lit streets, and good schools. Economic opportunity and the chance to get ahead—not just get by. This is the New York City that we deserve. To make it a reality, the next mayor must prioritize safety, accountability, and justice. Yet we know that success will not come ea ...
A New State-Level Measure of Incarceration and Inequality
Every month, the government releases an official employment report detailing fluctuations in unemployment rates across racial groups. These numbers disregard everyone in jail or prison, a population disproportionately made up of Black people and low-wage workers. These metrics matter: the systematic exclusion of incarcerated people from official st ...
87 people have died in LA County jails since the start of 2023.
How are people dying? Los Angeles County has not yet publicly issued causes of death for everyone who has died in county jails in recent months. And even once even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story. When the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researc ...