UCLA LAW
Behind Bars
Data Project
Over two million people are held in American carceral facilities, facing an outsized risk of death. But we know relatively little about who is in greatest danger and why. The UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project works to increase transparency and accountability within the US carceral system through data compilation and research. Our aim is to deepen public knowledge and understanding of all forms of deaths in custody by providing free, accessible data, support for researchers, and our own analyses.
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Go to blogFeds Remove Crucial Prison Data Set, Leaving Researchers in the Dark
Researchers can no longer access geospatial information for carceral facilities throughout the country after the federal government suddenly discontinued the the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data in August.
Read moreAs Big-City Jail Deaths Rise, Data Transparency Is More Important Than Ever
As Big-City Jail Deaths Rise, Data Transparency Is More Important Than Ever
Read moreWhy Does In-Custody Death Data Matter?
A prison or jail sentence should never be a death sentence. And yet, far too often and for far too many people, it is. Two years ago, the UCLA Covid Behind Bars Data Project expanded its national mission. The Project pivoted from tracking Covid cases and deaths inside prisons, jails, and detention centers to a focus on all-cause carceral mortality.
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