Bethany Watzman

Researcher/data analyst working in the criminal justice system.

My views are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.

She/her/hers.

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really interesting visualization from @MarshallProj of the characteristics of people who cycle through courts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio https://t.co/omitKqUmB2

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"...Courts take a narrow view of crime that allows harsh but invisible punishments of those same marginalized communities." (2/2)

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"Around 10 million state defendants and over 70,000 federal defendants are prosecuted each year for misdemeanors, and those cases have a magnifying effect on future criminal prosecutions."
https://t.co/lA9Roxz76u

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"The broad way we construct crimes has never been neutral in its effect on marginalized communities. And yet, in determining whether those same communities have a right to a jury to decide their fate..." (1/2)

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Instead, police, prosecutors, probation, parole, private profiteers, and prisons as they now operate serve primarily to control and surveil marginalized populations and to crush progressive social movements.

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Let me finally acknowledge my bias. I have spent 17 years working in and studying the criminal punishment bureaucracy in some fashion and have come firmly to the belief that U.S. society’s massive expenditures on the punishment bureaucracy do not make us safer.

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my census tract :)

[every census tract @everytract]

Census Tract 31, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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@WesWeaver @everytract also the home depot where I have spent way too much time and money after buying an old south philly rowhome!

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just listened to this episode of Criminal with Laura Coates, a former federal prosecutor, and thought it was a good breakdown of the injustices inherent to prosecution https://t.co/a6jQCpQ3RX

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it's a big day: @everytract has finally reached Philadelphia

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Census Tract 5, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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https://t.co/6ledrz44uK

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trying to post this again since I unknowingly had turned on the sensitive content warning for all of my tweets https://t.co/5Vg1cVyXzG

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mostly posting this so that I can finish reading it on the bus home https://t.co/5Vg1cVyXzG

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excellent article by The Marshall Project on prison museums https://t.co/TgwHCdmvIP

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Read the full press release here: https://t.co/9NudVbXghh

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Yesterday @philadao released a report describing the aftermath of the uprisings in 2020, with a focus on the restorative justice approach used to resolve criminal cases. Proud to work on this story map with @tylerjtran and @WesWeaver! https://t.co/nCD9hrikLW

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Today @philadao released a new dashboard page aimed at telling the story of the aftermath of the civil unrest of 2020 and highlight restorative justice. Great to work on this project with @tylerjtran @blwatzman @Jane_Roh and others!

Data story here: https://t.co/fVu2MOpmqL

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Frustrating to see that a statement by the PA Convention Center Authority that retail theft "isn't prosecuted" in Philadelphia went unchallenged in this article https://t.co/hJKSyb6a39

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This is just so terribly sad. https://t.co/X3UQakgu8T

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Curious about how a bullet went thru a rear window to a passenger headrest and then headliner if the cops were driving towards the two teenagers who they say shot at them. Given how frequently they lie, I'm not surprised that the facts are inconsistent. https://t.co/4YY4Hp2wbv