kate lemasters
@katelemasters.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at The University of Colorado - social epidemiology PhD - mass incarceration researcher - health equity advocate - ultra-trail runner
www.katelemasters.com
www.katelemasters.com
Fentanyl felonization doesn’t solve the opioid epidemic, read more from my piece in the conversation here: theconversation.com/colorados-fe...
Colorado’s fentanyl criminalization bill won’t solve the opioid epidemic, say the people most affected
Incarcerating people who use drugs is associated with increased overdose deaths after release and high rate of recidivism.
theconversation.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Fentanyl felonization doesn’t solve the opioid epidemic, read more from my piece in the conversation here: theconversation.com/colorados-fe...
Reposted by kate lemasters
The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb in the U.S., even as the overall prison population declines.
How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’
The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines.
www.themarshallproject.org
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb in the U.S., even as the overall prison population declines.
Reposted by kate lemasters
Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness? Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in NC prisons over the past year. ➡️ buff.ly/on3QFjS
#NCHealthNews #MentalHealth #Prisons
#NCHealthNews #MentalHealth #Prisons
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness? Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in NC prisons over the past year. ➡️ buff.ly/on3QFjS
#NCHealthNews #MentalHealth #Prisons
#NCHealthNews #MentalHealth #Prisons