Board #7 - Race, Class, and the Carceral System: An Analysis of Franklin County Jail Records and Policy Alternatives to Incarceration and Bail

• In Event: 71-304 - Poster Session: Politics and the Carceral State

Brief Overview

This study examines criminal court and jail records from Franklin County, Ohio to analyze racial and socioeconomic disparities in assigned bail amounts and time spent in jail and argues for policy alternatives to incarceration and monetary bail.

Author

• Ellie Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville