Launched in September 2016, the Million Dollar Hoods (MDH) website began by hosting digital maps that show how much is spent per neighborhood on incarceration in Los Angeles County. MDH has emerged as a university-based, community-driven, mixed-methods research project that deploys not only data mapping, but also rapid-response reports, oral histories, archives, and policy/movement work.
Services Provided
Million Dollar Hoods maps and documents the human and fiscal costs of mass incarceration in Los Angeles and beyond.
Who We Serve
Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and working-class communities in the Greater Los Angeles area
Mission and Goals
MDH has two clear goals: to document and map how much mass incarceration has extracted from largely Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and working-class communities since the 1970s, and to help local advocates and activists secure new public investments in the people, families, and communities most impacted by local police and incarceration practices.
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