ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This work would not be possible without our client, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC). We acknowledge the guidance, support, and encouragement of the following EBC staff, interns, and fellows.

Emily Harris, Co-Director of Programs

James King, Co-Director of Programs

Aldazia Green, MSW Intern

Elliot Hosman, Prison Advocacy Coordinator (former)

Isabella (Isa) Borgeson, Campaign Manager

Thanh Tran, Policy Associate

Steven Brooks, Inside Fellow

Juan Moreno Haines, Incarcerated Journalist

Macio Lindsey, Inside Fellow

We also wish to thank our advisors and peer reviewers.

Advisor: Professor Mark A Peterson

Second Advisor: Professor Chris Zepeda-Millàn

Peer Reviewers: Nangha Cuadros, Adan Garcia, Eli Holland, Sonia Zamora, Lana Zimmerman

Special thanks to our research assistants and volunteers who helped with survey entry and survey coding.

Report Designed by Lindsey Voet.

The UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy and provided generous funding necessary to conduct this rigorous, original policy research.

"This report was prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master in Public Policy degree in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. It was prepared at the direction of the Department and of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights as a policy client. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA as a whole, or the client.”