Publications

Browse some of the publications and articles featuring our lab’s work.

Police Helicopter Surveillance

Image of a Sheriff's helicopter.

State Eyes in the Sky

On the History of Helicopters in Policing

Deaths in Custody

Image of someone submitting a letter to the editor drop-box.

The Complexity of “Natural” Deaths Behind Bars

We write to urge further deliberation and guidance for investigating and categorizing manners of death behind bars.
Image of a body used in an autopsy report, from CE's Deaths in Custody article.

Naturalizing unnatural death in Los Angeles County jails

Biomedical knowledge about incarcerated Black and Latino people is used to erase the life-diminishing effects of punishment, neglect, and maltreatment that are central to the project of mass incarceration.

Carceral Environments

Image of a Florida prison from a faraway perspective.

Florida Prisoners Deserve Safe Drinking Water

Tampa Bay Times - March 2024. Like so many unintentional environmental activists, my research began when I fell ill.
Overhead image of a United States prison.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure Risks in US Carceral Facilities, 2022

Researchers intended to assess the US incarcerated population's risk of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).
Jimmy Jackson (front), 63, in the Pecan Field at Angola, a notorious maximum-security prison near St. Francisville, Louisiana

Climate Change and Incarceration

Climate Change and Incarceration

Other Articles

Image of protestors from "Refining Relationships" publication

Refining Relationships

How an Unlikely Community–Scientist PartnershipLed to a Historic Environmental Justice Victory.
Image of a man in a green jail cell extending his hands through bars.

Don’t Fall for the Fear Mongering

LA County’s bail policy isn’t threatening public safety.

Refining Relationships:How an Unlikely Community–Scientist PartnershipLed to a Historic Environmental Justice Victory

Refining Relationships: How an Unlikely Community–Scientist PartnershipLed to a Historic Environmental Justice Victory