kate lemasters

kate lemasters

@katelemasters.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at The University of Colorado - social epidemiology PhD - mass incarceration researcher - health equity advocate - ultra-trail runner www.katelemasters.com

51 Followers 37 Following 1 Posts Joined Apr 2025
9 months ago
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Colorado’s fentanyl criminalization bill won’t solve the opioid epidemic, say the people most affected Incarcerating people who use drugs is associated with increased overdose deaths after release and high rate of recidivism.

Fentanyl felonization doesn’t solve the opioid epidemic, read more from my piece in the conversation here: theconversation.com/colorados-fe...

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10 months ago
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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’ The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines.

The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb in the U.S., even as the overall prison population declines.

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Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness? Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in NC prisons over the past year. ➡️ buff.ly/on3QFjS
#NCHealthNews #MentalHealth #Prisons

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