Centerport, NY
Joined June 2010
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Chris Henrichson retweeted
We're seeking a Director of State Studies to lead our Albany-based team! Help shape policy on NY’s finances, taxes, education, and more.
Full job description:
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Chris Henrichson retweeted
Incredible visualization of the frustratingly huge scale and history of incarceration in Louisiana, via @verainstitute, co-designed by my pal @Jill_hubley
New @verainstitute interactive underscores that a huge glut of jail capacity is the foundation of the Louisiana's carceral infrastructure. The result is the highest pretrial incarceration rate in the U.S., and much more...vera.org/louisiana-locked-up…
Private prisons also have a major presence. GEO Group has contracts with ICE. La Salle Corrections has IGAs with local governments of operate a jail in the parish, which usually locks up people for state prison system and ICE. Only TX detains more people for ICE than LA.
Chris Henrichson retweeted
🧵 Our community is grieving today. As it stood, we hoped with heavy hearts to share @shailadewan’s story published today in @nytimes on the crisis in Harris Co Jail. Instead, we must solemnly relay that yet another 3 people have died in just 3 days. nytimes.com/2022/11/22/us/ja…
Jails in 48 large cities detain 40k fewer ppl (30%) than ten years ago—but jail payrolls have largely remained unchanged and jail budgets have increased. The project of ending mass incarceration will not be complete until we stop investing in mass incarceration.
Jail populations in big cities across the US have declined nearly 30% in the last decade.
But curiously, our research shows that while fewer people are locked up behind bars in major urban centers, jail spending is rising in cities across the country. vera.org/blog/city-jail-popu…
ALT Despite falling jail populations, jail spending is rising in cities across the country.
NEW JOB @verainstitute: An Associate to shed light on excessive spending in the criminal legal system and advance an agenda to reallocate resources to spending priorities that uplift, rather than tear down, communities. Please share and apply! vera.org/careers/job?id=job_…
JOB ALERT: Data Visualization Associate to join the new Vera Insights team @verainstitute #DataForBlackLives #DataScience #dataviz vera.org/careers/job?id=job_…
Writing a thesis or dissertation on mass incarceration? @verainstitute just updated the Incarceration Trends county-level jail/prison dataset. github.com/vera-institute/in…
Chris Henrichson retweeted
New research from our team today—a good reminder that rapid decarceration has always been possible. But so much more is needed to dismantle mass incarceration, respond to the pandemic, and enable significant reinvestment in communities and care. – at Philadelphia, PA
When the pandemic began, there was an unprecedented drop in the no. of people held in local jails nationwide. @verainstitute estimates that from mid-March to mid-April, the jail population decreased by 25%.
See our new evidence brief: vera.org/publications/covid1…
ICYMI: There’s a long history of racism in Alamance County, NC. And that history lives on today in a justice system that locks up poor Black & brown people & anti-immigrant policies that detain immigrants.
See the latest story In Our Backyards series. vera.org/in-our-backyards-st…
Chris Henrichson retweeted
There’s a long history of racism in Alamance County, NC. And that history lives on today in a justice system that locks up poor Black and brown people and anti-immigrant policies that detain immigrants.
See the latest story In Our Backyards series. vera.org/in-our-backyards-st…
Chris Henrichson retweeted
I'm starting a bi-weekly newsletter on sheriffs.
The first topic: SHERIFF V POLICE
I promise not to spam and only inform. I'm only sending to people who sign up so...please sign up!
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Chris Henrichson retweeted
.@verainstitute's Maurice Smith shares some wisdom for the #Recommencement class of 2020. “The value of your education should not be measured by the amount of income that you receive...it should be valued by the way your family sees you, the way it allows you to see the world.”
Chris Henrichson retweeted
In 2019, @verainstitute released People in Jails 2019, a first of its kind look at real-time jail data which includes surface trends and draws actionable insights about U.S. jail populations.
More on @Googleorg @Forbes:
forbes.com/sites/afdhelaziz/…