Data and technology for racial equity in the criminal legal system
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This product will illustrate how data and tech can improve CVI service provision and evaluation, using examples from LISC and Tech Impact.
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The Catalyst Grant Program supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations to use data and technology to advance racial equity and reform in the adult criminal legal system.
What You Need to Know to Start a Court Watch Program As part of the Microsoft Catalyst Grant Program, several grantees have used Catalyst funds to improve their court watching efforts and impact their communities.Sharing Data on Racial Disparities in Policing to Transform Public Safety in Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a city rife with histories of Black success, but also anti-Black racism and violence. From the success of “Black Wall Street” in the early 20th century, to the subsequent destruction of that neighborhood by white supremacists in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, to present-day racialArrojando luz sobre la violencia policial en Puerto Rico Si bien se han difundido ampliamente investigaciones sobre disparidades raciales en la actuación policial a lo largo de los 50 estados de Estados Unidos y el Distrito de Columbia, se sabe menos sobre estas disparidades en Puerto Rico, donde los conceptos de raza y grupo étnico presentan maticesShedding Light on Police Violence in Puerto Rico Whereas research on racial disparities in policing in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia has been widely reported, less is known about these disparities in Puerto Rico, where understandings of race and ethnicity are particularly nuanced.Researching the Criminalization of Pregnancy: Data Barriers and Accountability RestoreHER, a Georgia-based policy advocacy reentry organization, initially planned to assess the criminalization of behavior during pregnancy in one county in Georgia, with the idea that these data might be indicative of national trends and might have implications for constitutionally protected
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CATALYST GUIDE SERIES
Developed by the Urban Institute for community groups, drawing on the experiences of Catalyst Grant Program participants and Urban researchers.
