Over the past decade, sectors on the Right have been making a concerted effort to mobilize county sheriffs to support and expand systems of racialized social control and expulsion. With COVID-19 flourishing in incarcerated populations, 3,081 county sheriffs (90% of whom are White cis men) oversee the county jails that hold approximately a third of the total incarcerated population in the U.S. Some sheriffs are refusing basic measures to reduce disease spread, others are establishing second amendment and A movement that emerged in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, a decision which prevented states from outlawing abortion under most circumstances. Learn more sanctuary cities, and more still are perpetuating and profiting from the carceral state.
With the special release of a new, comprehensive interactive map identifying right-wing sheriffs and their affiliations, PRA research analysts Cloee Cooper and Ethan Fauré will explore the unchecked power that local sheriffs wield in conversation with movement organizers.
Featuring
- Cloee Cooper, PRA Research Analyst
- Ethan Fauré, PRA Research Analyst
- Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center
- Juan Miranda, organizer with Siembra NC
- Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood, Director of the Asian American Advocacy Fund
