Million Dollar Hoods: Mapping the Cost of Mass Incarceration, by Kelly Lytle Hernández

Sponsors:  midd.data, Black Studies Program

Middlebury Hosts:  Kathryn Morse, Caitlin Myers, Mike Roy, Daniel Silva

Panelist:  Kelly Lytle Hernández

Los Angeles County operates the largest jail system in the United States, which incarcerates more people than any nation on Earth.  This talk provides an introduction to the Million Dollar Hoods project, method, and impact.  Led by Professor Lytle Hernández, Million Dollar Hoods is a university-based, community-driven research project that maps the fiscal and human cost of mass incarceration in Los Angeles.

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