josie duffy rice

anything simpler is a lie. the fight for access to state/local criminal justice data will be this movement's toughest fight.

"we should run campaigns to shift current political and infrastructural incentives until we get access to what we need" is.

"we should record more data!" is not a real solution.

surprise! i don't know. and you probably can't know either. because they rarely keep much of this data, much less release it. the JIG.

did local jury pools reflect demographics? how many evidence violations did your prosecutors office commit? who donated to the judge?

how many black men were prosecuted in your jurisdiction last year? how many plead out? what deal was originally offered? who negotiated?

so it should concern you when i tell you i know nothing. i mean, really. i know close to nothing. none of us do.

in short, i am obsessed. i research this shit day in and day out. i work w/ research staff, too. i know more than most anyone

I cover prosecutors and, to a lesser extent, judges. I also write about other CJ shit. I drive activism/narrative around this work, too.

What This Tweet Thread Is Gonna Say On Criminal Justice Data May Shock You!

"we need more data!" k true. but collecting that CJ data, much less ensuring its transparency, is politically impossible most places.

but this article just doesn't mention the overarching point on CJ data which is that THEY DON'T WANT US TO HAVE IT

to be clear, i'm borderline obsessed with getting more data on criminalization and its attendant consequences. i don't question the value.

thanks love. i am full of edits for it now, but 2.5 years away from a piece will do that to you i guess.https://twitter.com/mynameisclay/status/768114511236698112 …

yeah, @TDCAA, i made this point in my article on this. the reporting is mostly wrong. i would quibble w/ convicted of killing someone, but

feelings can be REAL and not legitimate. you don't just get to feel what you want and think what you want. an opinion requires analysis.

another thing @jesspish just reminded me of - we keep teaching kids that their feelings are legitimate and their opinions are valid. no.

today he doesn't remember ANYTHING about plants, or algebra. AND he cannot use basic interrogative logic to save his life. hence the memes.

that guy spent a semester on the pythagorean theorem and naan a moment on critical thinking & argument development. and here's the kicker.