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Publications & Resources

News Articles/Blog Posts

March 29th, 2026Deaths in ICE Custody Are GrowingThe New York Times
March 24th, 2026Behind Bars Data Project at UCLA Law Compiles First Full Dataset on Deaths in ICE CustodyTargeted News Service
March 19th, 2026Data on Causes of Death in Prisons and Jails Hard to Get: The State has No Publicly Accessible Database for In-Custody Death CausesThe Republican (Springfield, MA)
March 15th, 2026Afghan Who Worked with US Military Dies in ICE Custody: Advocacy GroupThe Hill
February 15th, 2026Measles Just Hit an ICE Facility. I've Seen What Happens Next.MedPage Today
December 18th, 2025Large Minnesota Study Underscores Disproportionate Rates of Health Problems Among Recently Incarcerated and Unhoused PeoplePrison Policy Initiative
December 1st, 2025An Overlooked Source of Information in Missouri Prison Deaths: The CoronerThe Marshall ProjectAlso published in Missouri Independent
November 23rd, 2025Death by Incarceration Is Far Higher in Alabama than Anywhere Else in the United StatesAlabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
October 22nd, 2025Juan Lara Died at Santa Barbara County JailCarrazco Law
June 17th, 2025Researchers at Georgetown University Release New Data on Covid-19 (Prison Vaccination in a Pandemic: Geographic Disparities and Policy Insights)NewsRx
May 26th, 2025San Diego County Jails Fail to Monitor Quality of Medical Care, Grand Jury Finds, Echoing Persistent CriticismSan Diego Union Tribune
March 24th, 2025Resource Spotlight: UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project Leads the Way in Prison Mortality StatisticsPrison Policy Initiative
February 16th, 2025Fighting for the Rights of the Incarcerated Has Been Her Lifelong PursuitThe Washington Post
August 11th, 2024Death Rate in Ariz. Jails Is 'Astronomical' — The Main Causes Are Suicide and OverdoseDaytona Beach News Journal
August 5th, 2024'Dying in The Dark': Investigation Finds 'Astronomical' Death Rate in Maricopa County JailsArizona Republic
August 3rd, 2024Lawsuit Seeks to Force Texas to Air Condition its Prison System as Inmates Report Deadly ConditionsLatin Times
July 26th, 2024Inmate at a Georgia Prison Dies from Heat Exposure After Being in an Outdoor Cell for Five HoursLatin Times
April 22nd, 2024He Swore to Fix Some of California's Deadliest Jails. He Gave Up.CalMatters

Testimony/Reports

NYU School of Law, Brennan Center for Justice

Ram Subramanian et al.

Prison Reform in the United States

2026 — cited in note 26

Maine State Senate Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Testimony of Ariel Ricci, Executive Director of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations

Public Hearing on SP 769, An Act to Increase Legislative Access to Department of Corrections Facilities and to Direct the Commissioner to Establish Rules Regarding Legislator Access to Correctional and Detention Facilities

Jan. 7, 2026 — cited at 2

Illinois Justice Project, Center for Effective Public Policy

Workgroup to Implement the SAFE-T Act Policing Provisions: Preliminary Assessment Report on Implementation

2025 — cited in notes 30 and 39

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

Equity for Whom: How Private Equity and the Punishment Bureaucracy Exploit Disabled People

2024 — cited in note 55