Luke Burbank @lukeburbank.bsky.social skeeting and deleting since 2025. TBTL.net
Andrew Walsh @walsh.bsky.social can stop, will stop
Chris @calrutz.bsky.social Data Analyst Consultant
Lifelong learner @ Penn
Views are my own
(he/his)
Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social reporting on prisons, jails, DAs for Bolts. freelance magazine work: NYRB, NYmag, Aperture, Lux, Drift, Nation
piperstrehlowfrench@gmail.com
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
Signal: @lilianasegura.56
Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social D.C. criminal justice reporter @washingtonpost.com Formerly @thebaltimorebanner.com @miamiherald.com 🦉 ben.conarck27 on Signal
Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social Drug policy. Prisons and jails. Journalism. Research. Harm reduction. Veterans. Heart in Portland, skin under San Diego sun.
Taylor Six @taylorsixhl.bsky.social Criminal justice journalist | Founder of the Journalists Recovery Network
Victoria Bekiempis @vicbekiempis.bsky.social Reporter of NYC Courts. Catch me at 100 Centre, 60 Centre, or 500 Pearl. Covered Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, R. Kelly, Weinstein trials, among others. Always fighting for press access ❤️
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social Former crime and justice reporter, The Washington Post. Big fan of sports, music, comedy, sleeping, not necessarily in that order.
Dylan Purcell @dylancpurcell.bsky.social Investigative reporter/data journalist Philadelphia @inquirer.com. Southpaw. Pulitzer Prize winner & 2x finalist. Temple University alum.
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social Investigative Reporting Fellow for The Appeal. Words in: Truthout, The Appeal, The Nation, NY Focus. Founder of The Carceral Report. www.thecarceralreport.com
Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. Anti-Zionist Jew. she/her
Straight Outta Brooklyn @chriscarrega.bsky.social A veteran criminal justice reporter and adjunct professor turning a new leaf.
Priors: @CapitalB @CNN @ABC 2 top U.S. tabloid newspapers. 🇧🇧🇬🇾 #NABJ #CUNY #SJUAlumni
Isaiah 54:17
Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social Justice/Immigration reporter at Colorado Public Radio and sometimes National Public Radio. Always trying to hold people accountable. Also, mama bear.
Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
Signal: burness.02
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social Writer, dog lover, cat lover, and human rights advocate. My personal takes. Read my stories on race, law, and human rights: https://www.salon.com/writer/jonathan-hutson
Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social Reporter: ProPublica. Author: Corrections in Ink. Priors: LA Times, Houston Chron, Marshall Project. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica. Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Author of CATCH THE DEVIL, to be released by Knopf on July 14. https://www.pamelacolloff.com/
Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social Jeopardizing the good order and security of institutions for Reason Magazine. I report on prisons, policing, and civil liberties. Based in the fabulous Florida Keys.
Email: cj@reason.com, cj.ciaramella@protonmail.com.
Signal: cjciaramella.68
Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social writing about criminal justice and voting rights
@bolts.bsky.social
lgill@boltsmag.org. Signal: lgill.52
Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social Investigative Reporter. Criminal Justice/Privacy/XRW. Book: THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT.
WIRED/Guardian/Vanity Fair/BBC/Popular Front/Rolling Stone/elsewheres
https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/
Ali.winston@protonmail.com
Awinston.17 on Signal
Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social Department of Justice Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal: 812.243.5582 | jjenkins199@bloomberg.net
Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
Signal: joeyscott.05
Venmo: @joeyneverjoe
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
www.joeyscott.xyz/bylines/
Aaron Jacklin @aaronjacklin.bsky.social Independent Journalist
Crime & Crime Policy
MA, Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy
Subscribe: The Art of Explaining Crime, aaronjacklin.substack.com
Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Meg O'Connor @megoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.org. Huge fan of hiking and baking 🍪 megoconnor.com
Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social Legal affairs journalist in Southern California. Follow my work by subscribing to Legal Affairs and Trials.
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Elaine Aradillas @elaineja.bsky.social Investigative journalist specializing in crime, courts, immigration. Executive producer, adjunct professor and author.
Susan Zalkind @susanzalkind.bsky.social Courts, crime and New England. Author of The Waltham Murders. Creator and producer of The Murders Before The Marathon on ABC News Studios and Hulu.
www.zalkind.info
Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social Forklift-certified journalist in Chicago. Words in the Chicago Reader, Unraveled Press, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Courthouse News Service and some other ones I forget right now. All opinions & bad jokes my own. DM me for news tips/Signal info.
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com @nbcnews.com Senior Justice reporter, ebike guy.
Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/
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Nancy Dillon @nancydillon.bsky.social Senior Reporter @ Rolling Stone focused on courts
Former West Coast Bureau Chief @NYDailyNews
Tips to ndillon@rollingstone.com
Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
Repped by @rhaliterary
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“Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. And sometimes fun stuff too.
NEWSLETTER: https://massdump.ghost.io/
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/massdump
EMAIL: aquemere0@gmail.com
SIGNAL: andrewqmr.01
Alison Flowers @alisonflowers.bsky.social Investigative journalist in Chicago. Pulitzer + Peabody 2024. Somebody podcast creator. Founder @ Spiralbound. Formerly @invisible.institute
spiralbound.productions.
www.alisonflowers.com
alison@spiralbound.co
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social Writing for @GlobeOpinion.bsky.social, speaking on @ms.now and #SistersInLaw. Snickers's scheduler. Believer in democracy, science and the rule of law. Upcycler. Expert thrifter. Typos are my love language. From Detroit, in Washington, of Boston.
Amber Hunt @reporteramber.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning journalist. Host of podcasts Crimes of the Centuries & What If They’re Wrong: After the Accusation. Co-founder of podcast network Grab Bag Collab. Creator of Accused, and a kickass college ‘zine. www.grabbagcollab.com
www.centuriespod.com
MaryJo Webster @maryjowebster.bsky.social Data journalist at the Minnesota Star Tribune. Mom to teenagers and two dogs. Passionate about investigative reporting & access to public data. #journalist #watchdog. www.maryjowebster.com
Send tips via Signal: maryjowebster.88
Albert Samaha @samaha.bsky.social journalist & author of “Concepcion” & “Never Ran, Never Will” / albertcsamaha@gmail.com / https://samaha.substack.com/
Stephanie Lamm @stephanielamm.bsky.social Data journalist at the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Tar Heel living in Atlanta. Dog mom. Mavericks fan.
Amelia Schonbek @ameliaschonbek.bsky.social I write long and true. Contribute to New York mag, features editor at Hazlitt. Happiest when outdoors.
ameliaschonbek.com 
Meg Anderson @meganders.bsky.social Covering criminal justice @npr.org
🗣️: https://signal.me/#eu/zFProiRfXk34fsS9NeSlOXEKQ2uRkEWNO4TYKaTORZTG1ok89UxK3JSNWaRJVA33
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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social Nom de plume of Scott Henson, Austin, TX. Cancer survivor, househusband, recovering policy wonk (justice systems, civil liberties; innocence). "All my friends are buried here, and some of them are dead. So home is where I'll always hang my head."
Yasmiyn Irizarry @dryasmiyn.bsky.social Professor | Race Scholar | Data Maven | Novelista | Polymath | Founder of Numbers4Justice.com
my work ~ FUBU (data:science) + education + justice + quantcrit
my jam ~ family🫶🏽friends + new challenges + sci-fi:travel:rest + 💙🤍💙🕊️
Dan Slepian @danslepian.bsky.social Senior Investigative Producer Dateline NBC | Host - "Letters From Sing Sing" | Author, "The Sing Sing Files", Pulitzer finalist
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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The Appeal @theappeal.org We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system.
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Reason Magazine @reason.com Reason is the monthly magazine and website of “free minds and free markets.”
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Maria Cuellar @mcuellar.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of Criminology, Statistics & Data Science @Penn. Research in statistics+law, causal inference, and forensic science.
Emma Rackstraw @emmarackstraw.bsky.social Economist studying criminal justice, labor markets, and racial equity. Assistant Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College. #econsky
www.emmarackstraw.com
Adam Lankford @adamlankford.bsky.social Criminologist. Professor at The University of Alabama. I study criminal psychology, mass shootings, terrorism, and more.
@lizwebby.bsky.social @lizwebby.bsky.social Criminologist. Wrongful convictions scholar. Co-author of Exhausted: Appealing False Conviction from Behind Bars, NYU Press 2027. Associate prof @loyolachicago.bsky.social. Views my own.
Clare Strange @clarestrange.bsky.social Asst. Research Professor
Criminology & Justice Studies @ Drexel U
Courts | Corrections | Public Health | Implementation
Dr. Alex Piquero @dralexpiquero.bsky.social Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar at The 🟧_🟩. Former Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (appointed by President Biden). 🇨🇺-🇺🇸
Meghan A. Novisky, PhD @drnovisky.bsky.social Criminologist at #UC Corrections Institute. Co-Founder of the American Society of Criminology's Division of Health + Disability Criminology.
https://www.meghannoviskyphd.com/
Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8c95RVAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Amanda Graham @akgrahamphd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Policing, police-community relations, measurement, public opinion
John Todd-Kvam @johntoddkvam.bsky.social Associate professor at the University College of the Norwegian Correctional Service. Researching criminology, politicking locally (for Miljøpartiet de Grønne in Nordre Follo). PhD in criminology, MSc in international relations. He/him.
Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
Valerio Baćak @valeriobacak.bsky.social Professor of criminal justice. He/him.
Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social Professor of Quantitative Criminology and co-director of the Social Research Methods centre at the University of Leeds. Interested in #Cars&Crime #OpenResearch #Measurement #CriminalJustice #Sentencing #Disparities.
jmpinasanchez.github.io/
Claire Paterson-Young @clcpaterson.bsky.social Professor of Social Justice at University of Northampton. Research in #SocialJustice #AI #Youth #Criminology #SocialCare. Chair of University of Northampton Ethics Committee and Member of West Midlands Police Data Ethics Committee.
Dr. Brittany T Martin @brittanytmartin.bsky.social URI Assistant Professor | Punishment Scholar | Academic Mom | She/Her
Ferhat Tura @ferhattura19.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer and Programme Leader of Criminology at Bournemouth University. #Quantitative #Criminology, #Victimology, #Policing… Personal account
https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/ftura
Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social Criminologist interested mainly in punishment, rehabilitation and reintegration… increasingly explored via creative methods. Also a singer-songwriter, when I can find the time.
William King, Ph.D. @william-king.bsky.social First gen professor at a public university in the mountain west, U.S. I study the police, criminal justice system, forensic crime labs, and organizations. My posts do not reflect the opinions of my employer. 
David Thacher @dtha15.bsky.social Professor studying police history, police reform, policy responses to serious mental illness, ethics. Richard Olney & John Dewey stan. Dad to a danseur and a goalie; married to a historic preservationist
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dthacher/index.html
Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social Criminologist | Associate Professor at Rutgers University | Director of Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center | Stoneleigh Fellow
Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social History, STS, human rights documentation, deaths in custody, criminal legal system, etc.
New Book: https://deathincustodybook.com
Podcast: https://officialignorance.com
Jill McCorkel @jillmccorkel.bsky.social Crm at Maynooth University 🇮🇪 and Soc/Crm at Villanova University 🇺🇸. Fond of dogs, parrots, & David Bowie. Philly & Dublin.
Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social Historical criminologist specialising in all things alcohol. Professor of Criminology at University of Leeds. Once described as bearing a 'striking resemblance to Peter Beardsley'.
Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Social Policy, LSE. Living with cancer. Health means some reorientation of priorities. Still music (selections from the back catalogue - gigs whenever possible), criminology and Everton FC. MD ANT
Dr. Kevin W. Jennings @cybercrimedoc.bsky.social PhD in criminal justice from Texas State University. Current Associate Professor with a focus on cybercrime, digital forensics, and police technology. Called a "mediocre scientist" on the hit No Such Thing as a Fish podcast!
Diana Miranda @dianamiranda.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology (University of Stirling). Surveillance, Biometrics, Tech (and Tea). EU citizen 🇵🇹🏴🇪🇺
Oren Gur @orengur.bsky.social Philly. Criminologist. Prosecution and other research, policy, data. Likes are bookmarks, opinions are mine. Data.philadao.com for you
Lizzie Seal @lizzieseal.bsky.social Professor of Criminology. Primarily interested in historical criminology and crime history. Current book project is The Mummy in the Cupboard Murder: Forensic Science, Magic and the Gothic Imagination. Views my own
Chris Sullivan @cjsullivan.bsky.social E Desmond Lee Professor
Youth Crime & Violence
Chair of CCJ @UMSL
https://www.umsl.edu/ccj/directory/sullivan-chris.html
https://scholars.org/scholar/christopher-j-sullivan
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vwX-DHsAAAAJ&hl=en
Opinions my own
Graham Ousey @grahamousey.bsky.social Father, husband, criminologist, sports fan, data nerd and wannabe meteorologist. Trying to get from point A to B without losing all the marbles. 
Erin Eife @erineife.bsky.social assistant professor in criminology at george mason | south philly | she/her
Lauren Moton @motonlauren.bsky.social Black feminist and queer criminology | sex work | critical trafficking studies | Assistant Professor @CUNY John Jay College
John Shjarback @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social Policing/Criminal Justice Researcher. Associate Professor in the Dept. of Law & Justice Studies at Rowan University. Views are my own.
Johnshjarback.com
Michael Olu. Akinlabi, PhD @drakinlabi.bsky.social Prog Lead, Professional Policing Degree at Northumbria Uni | Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice | Editor: Policing and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa | Author: Police-citizen Relations in Nigeria | Co-Editor: Policing the Global South
Max Osborn @maxosb.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 | he/they | queer/feminist/critical criminologist | assistant prof at villanova | studies queer and trans victimization, resilience, resource access, and community-building
Mike Vecchio, PhD @mikevecchio.bsky.social Lecturer of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Loyola University Chicago (he/him) • UMSL PhD & BGSU alum • Youth gangs, violence, & victimization ♾️
Jared R. Dmello, Ph.D. @jaredrdmello.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Criminology, University of Adelaide | PhD, Criminology | Illicit Networks, SNA, Terrorism | Runner | Disney Super Fan | #FirstGen | Live and work on Kaurna land, *Views are my own
https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/jared.dmello
Scott Kidd @criminologykidd.bsky.social Criminology Lecturer, specialising in belonging for justice-experienced individuals in higher education , violence in rural and coastal areas, antisocial behavior, and tackling criminal justice inequalities. LE 11.5yrs of the CJS
Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social Co-Head of Department for Criminology, Sociology & Social Policy, Swansea University | Former Probation Officer | Convenor of Wales Probation Development Group at Wales Centre for Crime & Social Justice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-499X
Ryan Jerome LeCount @hoosierbluesman.bsky.social Sociologist. Race & Politics; Policing; Religion; Firearms. Lover of ideas and music. Shepherd of cats. Seeker of Justice and prisoner of Hope. Views my own.
Melanie Flynn @animalcrim.bsky.social AKA Crimtweets. Senior Lecturer Criminology & Associate Dean for Research. Nonhuman animal victimology, vegan criminology, environmental justice, crime analysis, crime prevention, evidence based policing, spatial crime concentrations, routine activities.
Kelsey Kramer, PhD @dr-klkramer.bsky.social PhD | VAP of Soc. @ Bates College | Intersectional Criminologist | A blend of professional & personal life | #Spoonie 🥄 | They/She 🏳️🌈 | (re)posts/likes = my own
#AcademicSky
#CriminalJustice
#Criminology
#Punishment
#Inequalities
#Health&Disability
Janani Umamaheswar @jananiu.bsky.social Sociologist. Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University. Kenyan-Indian-Canadian-American. Views my own.
Robert Apel @bobapel.bsky.social Social scientist at Rutgers with expertise in criminology and social policy