Annenberg researchers use data science skills for social justice
Incarcerated individuals are five times more likely to be infected by the coronavirus, and they are also more likely to die as a result. The pandemic has ravaged prisons across the country, and with visitation suspended and little or no reporting available about what’s happening inside many loved ones have no concrete information about the health and safety of those incarcerated.
Last summer, the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd sparked a desire in Annenberg School for Communication doctoral candidate Jacob M. Parelman to use his data science skills for social justice.