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What we know (and what we don’t know) about BPD’s surveillance camera network

May 21, 2025

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Fact check: In Boston, pro-immigrant policies coexist with lower crime rates, not higher ones

February 24, 2025

by The Data for Justice Project

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We saved hundreds of Biden-era AI documents, so you don’t have to

January 13, 2025

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Eyes in the Sky: Big Brother is (still) watching

June 24, 2024

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Boston Police Records Show Nearly 70 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Led to Dead Ends

April 8, 2024

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Yes, All Location Data: Separating fact from myth in industry talking points about “anonymous” location data

February 28, 2024

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Balancing the scales of justice: Why right to counsel in eviction cases is a racial justice and housing justice issue

January 16, 2024

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Investigating Boston Police Department SWAT Raids from 2012 to 2020

September 27, 2023

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Analyzing Mayor Wu’s FY24 Boston Police Department Budget Recommendation

May 5, 2023

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Looking Back at the FY2023 Boston Police Department Budget

April 5, 2023

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Eyes in the Sky: Massachusetts State Police Used Drones to Monitor Black Lives Matter Protests

December 21, 2022

by Emiliano Falcon-Morano

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Data shows drug policing in Massachusetts overwhelmingly targeted drug users

October 5, 2022

by Kade Crockford

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Massachusetts Arrest Records Signal Troubling Racial Disparities

April 4, 2022

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Eyes in the Sky: Data Reveal Which Mass. Government Agencies Use Drones

December 16, 2021

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MA Voter Cutoff Law Disenfranchises Registered Voters

September 30, 2021

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More of the Same: Unpacking the 2022 Boston Police Budget

May 6, 2021

by Lauren Chambers

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A Mayor’s Roadmap to Curb Boston Police Overtime

April 14, 2021

by Lauren Chambers

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How to Programmatically Create Dozens of WordPress Pages to Catalogue Thousands of Documents

March 11, 2021

by Lauren Chambers

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Clearview, Cameras, and Karen: Newly Released Documents Expose Facial Recognition Technologies Used Across Massachusetts

March 1, 2021

by Lauren Chambers

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Data Show COVID-19 Out of Control Across Massachusetts Prisons and Jails

December 22, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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Police in Politics: Tracing Police Contributions to Boston Political Campaigns

August 25, 2020

by The Police in Politics Project

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Break Up with the BRIC: Unpacking the Boston Regional Intelligence Center Budget

July 22, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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Boston City Council Hearing on Proposed Ordinance to Ban Face Surveillance

June 11, 2020

by Emiliano Falcon-Morano

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Bond Bill Funds Prisons and Police over Education

June 11, 2020

by Inayat Sabhikhi

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Unpacking the Boston Police Budget

June 5, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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Internet Deserts Prevent Remote Learning During COVID-19

May 13, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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Incarcerated and in Danger: COVID-19 in Massachusetts Prisons & Jails

April 15, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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Data show COVID-19 is hitting essential workers and people of color hardest

April 7, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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Building a Better Future for AI

March 18, 2020

by Lauren Chambers

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The Data for Justice Project

Welcome to the Data for Justice Project

March 18, 2019

by Kade Crockford

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Declining to Prosecute in the Interest of Racial Justice

March 18, 2019

by Nasser Eledroos

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by Lauren Chambers