Publications
Source: Deputized for Disaster: How President Trump's Supersized 287(g) Deportation Force is a Powder Keg for Law Enforcement, Our Communities, and Our Democracyby ACLU
Added findings surrounding the impact of 287g agreements nationally, including helping ACLU's Technology calculate the statistic that "At least 77.2 million people — 32 percent of the country — now live in a county with a local law enforcement agency that has enlisted in ICE's 287(g) program."
View Publication →Source: Putting Bail Reform into Practice: How Courts and Criminal-Legal Actors in Upstate New York Implemented Bail Reform, 2021-2022by Vera Institute of Justice
Contributed as a ground-level researcher during an internship at the Vera Institute, attending court proceedings and collecting firsthand data that informed the report's findings on bail reform implementation.
View Publication →Source: A Selective Bibliography of Forced Migration: Resources for A New Generation of Discourse.by Europe Now Journal
Co-created a Bibliography on information related to forced migration. Specifically, my entry was on viewing the prison system as a method of forced migration.
View Publication →Source: Mathematics for Prison Abolition syllabus.by Just Math Collective
Created a comprehensive syllabus on critiquing and using mathematics for prison abolition.
View Resource →Research & Visualizations
Source: How ICE Detentions Make Private Prison CEOs Richerby More Perfect Union
Provided research on GEO Group and broader ICE detention counts/demographics and finances.
Read Article →Source: Your Retirement Account Could Be Contributing to over $1 Billion Invested in ICE Detention by Breakthrough News
Article on retirement account investments in private prison companies that operate ICE detention facilities.
Read Article →Source: An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a 'Moderate Risk.' Now He's No Longer Eligible for Parole.by ProPublica
Consulted regarding the TIGER algorithm used by Louisiana to deem people ineligible for parole.
Read Article →Source: It's our right to observe the police. These states have decided otherwise.by MSNBC
Created figures on the number and regularity of police killings in Louisiana, along with the rate of stops in St. Tammany Parish.
Read Article →Source: Tough on Crime Made Louisiana Less Safe—And Cost Taxpayers Way More Money.by Newsweek
Created figures and visualizations on recidivism rates in Louisiana.
Read Article →Source: You have one year to sue a cop for abuse. Civil rights firms want to change that.by Verite News
Created figures on the number of misconduct allegations submitted to the ACLU of Louisiana that fell out of the one-year statute of limitation period.
Read Article →Press & Interviews
Source: New Orleans Police Say Their Use of Force Data Shows No Racial Disparities. We Checked the Numbers. by Verite News
An interview with Verite News about New Orleans Police Department's use of force data.
Read Article →Source: ACLU Releases New Digital Tool to Access LA Policing Data by Louisiana Weekly
Coverage of the ACLU of Louisiana's new digital tool providing access to policing data across the state.
Read Article →Source: From Pure Mathematics to the ACLU of Louisiana: Elijah Appelson's Journey with Bluebonnet Data by BlueBonnet Data
An interview on my work with the ACLU of Louisiana and my journey to joining the position.
Read Interview →Source: New ACLU dashboard turns spotlight on law enforcement killings in Louisiana by Fox 8 Live
A TV interview regarding the launch of the ACLU of Louisiana Visualizing Police Violence in Louisiana Dashboard. This initial interview was picked up by a multitude of news agencies across Louisiana including the state chapters of ABC, CBS, and others, along with a follow-up radio interview with the Louisiana Radio Network.
Watch Interview →Source: Home cameras are becoming a top tool to solve Baton Rouge-area crimes. Here's how.by The Advocate
An interview with The Advocate on the potential civil liberty abuse of using home security cameras for surveillance.
Read Article →Source: Public provides feedback on Poughkeepsie City PD reform planby Mid-Hudson News
One of several interviews in 2021 on the police reform plan proposed in Poughkeepsie.
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