Our recent research, published in Science Advances, finds that US prison deaths increased 77%, or 3.4 times the increase in the general population, in 2020 relative to 2019. See media coverage in The Guardian and Courthouse News Service.
News
Newsweek Op-Ed: Restricting Food Stamps Is Soft on Crime
Naomi F. Sugie and Carol Joan Newark. 2023. “Restricting Food Stamps is Soft on Crime.” Newsweek. June 1.
Policy brief: Repealing The Food Stamps Ban Can Reduce Recidivism
In this policy brief, we summarize key findings from new research evaluating the recidivism consequences of the federal SNAP ban, which excludes people from accessing food stamps for their lifetimes.
NSF supports research on pandemic mortality in US prisons
Excited to continue collaborating with Kristin Turney (Sociology, UCI), Keramet Reiter (CLS, UCI), Monik Jimenez (Harvard), and our amazing graduate students to understand mortality in US prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic!
New grants for voter outreach to system-impacted groups
New grants from National Science Foundation and Alliance for Safety and Justice support voter outreach via text messaging to system-impacted groups, to address misinformation about legal eligibility and to promote voter engagement. The grant will fund research focused on the 2022 and 2024 elections.
New grants for PrisonPandemic from CLIR and ACLS!
PrisonPandemic received a new grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ Digitizing Hidden Collections program to support its digitizing and archiving activities. It received a new grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to fund sustainability and public engagement.
Podcast with Samuel Lucas: welfare receipt and voting
I recently had the pleasure to speak with UC-Berkeley Professor Samuel Lucas about a forthcoming paper on welfare receipt and political participation. Punchline – food stamps receipt is related to future likelihood of voting, especially among people who are the least interested in government and public affairs.
Hearing on CA Fair Employment and Housing Council
Delighted to join the Council and Megan Kurlychek on 11/17/20 to discuss the current state of research. Find recordings of prior hearings, including this one, here.
Podcast on employment and criminal records
In conversation with Priscillia Hunt (RAND), along with Peter Leasure and Michael Vuolo, about improving career prospects through federal, state, and local policies.
California’s Racial Justice Crisis is COVID-19 in Prisons
See our new commentary on Medium (along with Kristin Turney and Keramet Reiter).