Orion Taylor
@orionjtaylor.bsky.social
[ lead data scientist at https://publicsafetylab.org/ and https://jaildatainitiative.org/ ] [ nyu and ssrc ] [ based in new york ] [ he/him ] [ ojt212@nyu.edu ]
Jail populations have increased steadily over the first half of this year.
In the sample of 822 jail rosters below from the Jail Data Initiative, from less than 245,000 at the beginning of 2025 to over 255,000 at the end of May.
In the sample of 822 jail rosters below from the Jail Data Initiative, from less than 245,000 at the beginning of 2025 to over 255,000 at the end of May.
June 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Jail populations have increased steadily over the first half of this year.
In the sample of 822 jail rosters below from the Jail Data Initiative, from less than 245,000 at the beginning of 2025 to over 255,000 at the end of May.
In the sample of 822 jail rosters below from the Jail Data Initiative, from less than 245,000 at the beginning of 2025 to over 255,000 at the end of May.
"jurisdictions have grown increasingly hostile toward people with nowhere to call home: Instead of extending a helping hand to people simply trying to rest, eat, or otherwise survive, local law enforcement is handing them a criminal record and further destabilizing their lives."
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"jurisdictions have grown increasingly hostile toward people with nowhere to call home: Instead of extending a helping hand to people simply trying to rest, eat, or otherwise survive, local law enforcement is handing them a criminal record and further destabilizing their lives."
📈 Today's factoid available only because of the real-time web scraping of the Jail Data Initiative:
Jail populations reach local minima on Christmas (Dec 25th). After collecting data for 5 full years, the Christmas Day population was higher in 2024 than it has been in any other year we've seen.
Jail populations reach local minima on Christmas (Dec 25th). After collecting data for 5 full years, the Christmas Day population was higher in 2024 than it has been in any other year we've seen.
January 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
📈 Today's factoid available only because of the real-time web scraping of the Jail Data Initiative:
Jail populations reach local minima on Christmas (Dec 25th). After collecting data for 5 full years, the Christmas Day population was higher in 2024 than it has been in any other year we've seen.
Jail populations reach local minima on Christmas (Dec 25th). After collecting data for 5 full years, the Christmas Day population was higher in 2024 than it has been in any other year we've seen.