The Toxic Prisons Mapping Project is a participatory research initiative to map the environmental hazards that prisons, jails, and detention centers face from extreme heat, air pollution, flooding, wildfires and more. This research beings together satellite imagery, high-resolution models, and storytelling to highlight the risk posed by mass incarceration, especially in changing climate. The project generates insights that can be used by community organizers and other advocates to fight for environmental justice for all.
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Research Personnel:
Ufuoma Ovienmhada, PhD. Project Founder and Co-Investigator for NASA award number 80NSSC25K7033
Carrie Chennault, PhD. Project Manager and Principal Investigator for NASA award number 80NSSC25K7033
Caitlin Mothes, PhD. Geospatial Data Scientist and Co-Investigator for NASA award number 80NSSC25K7033
Mei Azaad, Community Organizer, Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP)
Adair Kovac, Community Organizer, FTP
Robin Kunkel, Caregiver and Community Organizer, FTP
Jordan Martinez-Mazurek, Grassroots Criminologist and Community Organizer, FTP. Co-Investigator for NASA award number 80NSSC25K7033
Richard Thomas, Educator and Community Organizer, FTP
Chigo Ibeh, Blue Raster
David Starr, Blue Raster
Sarah Mandanas, Blue Raster
Danielle Wood, PhD. Co-Investigator for NASA award number 80NSSC25K7033. Principal Investigator for NASA award number 80NSSC22K1673
David Pellow, PhD. Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project, Project Collaborator
We also want to acknowledge the research support from Ahmed Diongue, Mia Hines, Andrew West, and Dinuri Rupasinghe.