Participant Info
- First Name
- Melanie
- Last Name
- Newport
- Country
- USA
- State
- CT Connecticut
- melanie.newport@uconn.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Connecticut
- Website URL
- melanienewport.com
- Keywords
- jails, mass incarceration, money bail, pre-trial incarceration, jail deaths, jail suicide, sheriffs, urban incarceration, jail and prison construction
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
My research focuses on the policies and institutions of urban criminal justice systems in the United States since the 1950s.
- Recent Publications
I am currently writing a history of American jails from the 1950s to the present, situated in Chicago. A work of urban history, it is tentatively titled Community of the Condemned: Chicago and the Transformation of the American Jail.
- Media Coverage
- https://melanienewport.com/public-engagement/
- Social Media
- @melanienewport
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Government, Law, Politics
