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Kate LeMasters

@LemastersKate

Asst. Prof. @CUAnschutz - social epidemiology PhD @UNCpublichealth - mass incarceration researcher - health equity advocate - ultra-trail runner

 Denver, CO
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Joined March 2020
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🚨 New Job Alert 🚨 Come work us! @JarrattPytell @LemastersKate and I are hiring a health research professional to work on a variety of projects at the nexus of substance use and criminal-legal involvement. Contact us with questions! cu.taleo.net/careersection/2…
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🚨🚨🚨I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Toxic Prisons Mapping Project, Beta - a participatory research initiative to map the environmental hazards faced by prisons, jails, and detention centers. See toxicprisons.com & 🧵 below
The Toxic Prisons Mapping Project

The Toxic Prisons Mapping Project

The Toxic Prisons Mapping Project, Beta, is a participatory research initiative to map the environmental hazards that prisons, jails, and detention centers face from extreme heat, air pollution,...

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In this Q&A with Katherine LeMasters (@LemastersKate), PhD, assistant professor of internal medicine, learn about common myths surrounding the health care of incarcerated populations ⬇️ news.cuanschutz.edu/news-sto…
Incarcerated Populations and Healthcare: Myths and Facts

Incarcerated Populations and Healthcare: Myths and Facts

A CU Anschutz researcher dispels major myths surrounding health in the carceral system in the United States - and the far reaching impacts it creates.

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Jocalyn Clark@jocalynclark25 Jul 2024
5/ Prisons in 🇺🇸 are a #publichealth crisis. @LemastersKate & @dronlylbr show how pandemics & #ClimateEmergency pose a under-recognised challenge and lay out remedies for the incarceration problem: bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023…
Covid-19 in US jails and prisons: implications for the next public health crisis

Covid-19 in US jails and prisons: implications for the next public health crisis

Katherine LeMasters and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein raise concerns about the lack of sustained change in prison health transparency after covid-19 and implications for future public health crises...

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🛑HB24-1028 died last night after hours of testimony from public health experts who were unanimous in their support for overdose prevention centers as a critical, evidence-based, life saving intervention. Thank you @KevinPriola and @RepEpps for championing this loving policy.
Colorado Drug Policy Coalition (@ColoradoDPC) profile pictureColorado Drug Policy Coalition@ColoradoDPC19 Apr 2024
Replying to @ColoradoDPC
Dana Steiner of @freedomfundco says "we have only tried one approach to virtually any challenge we face as a community": law enforcement. "Our vision of a safe Colorado does not include ever-increasing numbers of prison beds."
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Aviva Stahl@stahlidarity4 Apr 2024
This morning I published my latest feature with @GuardianUS - an investigation into how US prisoners are dying of preventable and treatable conditions. theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions

‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions

Exclusive: a Guardian investigation finds that inmates who died of preventable conditions were deemed malingerers and ‘time wasters’

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Overdose Prevention Center bill passes out of committee!
BetCraft (@betcraft5) profile pictureBetCraft@betcraft57 Mar 2024
Replying to @RepEpps
@RepEpps @KevinPriola HB24-1028 OPC Bill cruised out of the committee with a 9-4 vote! #coleg
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Honored to testify alongside this phenomenal group of humans to advocate for fewer criminal legal penalties & more access to treatment and recovery ❤️
Hannan Braun (@HannanBraun) profile pictureHannan Braun@HannanBraun7 Mar 2024
Yesterday (@ 10pm) I testified with some pretty smart researchers and advocates in opposition to felonizing people for having a substance use disorder. Glad that the bill failed 8-3 @LemastersKate @RWallaceEsq
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BetCraft@betcraft55 Mar 2024
bit.ly/YesOnHB1028 @ColoradoDPC @DrSarahAxelrath @BONH_Coalition @LemastersKate Contact CO Legislators to VOTE YES on HB24-1028 on March 6th to grant CO municipalities the authorization to operate an Overdose Prevention Center and save lives! Please share! – at Denver, CO
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#harmreduction works ❤️❤️
BetCraft (@betcraft5) profile pictureBetCraft@betcraft528 Feb 2024
This will always be my truth. @HRAC_Denver @DrSarahAxelrath kept me alive and loved me at my worst, welcomed me back n always treated me like a worthy human being until I started to believe it myself. ❤️
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The House Judiciary Committee is now hearing HB24-1126, a bill to mandate forced treatment if the court finds substance use contributed to the underlying crime This extreme move will lead to jailing people solely for drug or alcohol use. Listen🔊sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327…
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The BMJ
@bmj_latest20 Feb 2024
The current state of prisons in the USA is a #publichealth crisis. @LemastersKate & @dronlylbr examine how #Covid-19 brought to light the extent of health issues in US jails & prisons #healthequity #pandemicresponse bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023…
Covid-19 in US jails and prisons: implications for the next public health crisis

Covid-19 in US jails and prisons: implications for the next public health crisis

Katherine LeMasters and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein raise concerns about the lack of sustained change in prison health transparency after covid-19 and implications for future public health crises...

bmj.com
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Morgan Godvin@MorganGodvin5 Jan 2024
“Colorado becomes one of the first to employ an incarcerated professor.” This is a huge stride for people in prison! Piece by ⁦@szarlotka⁩ and ⁦@ByJasonGonzales⁩. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/…
He’s spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he’s also been a college professor.

He’s spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he’s also been a college professor.

David Carrillo holds a position that is extremely rare in prison: He's an incarcerated professor teaching in a prison bachelor's degree program in Colorado.

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Imagine waking up every Monday to learn that 4 more people from your community - your neighborhood, your school district, your company - have died unnecessarily. People experiencing homelessness are living with constant grief and trauma.
9NEWS Denver (@9NEWS) profile picture9NEWS Denver
@9NEWS28 Nov 2023
4 die from drug overdoses on Denver streets in less than 25 hours 9news.com/article/news/local…
4 fatal overdoses on Denver streets in less than 25 hours

4 fatal overdoses on Denver streets in less than 25 hours

Denver is seeing an all-time high number of overdoses, including in the homeless community.

9news.com
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🌟Our new paper on the effect of probation vs. incarceration on mental health using parametric g-comp is out now in @EpidemiologyLWW w/ @dronlylbr @hedwig_lee @rachael_k_ross @edwardsjk @PaulDelamater @WhitneyEpi - read more here: journals.lww.com/epidem/full…
Mass Probation: Effects of Sentencing Severity on... : Epidemiology

Mass Probation: Effects of Sentencing Severity on... : Epidemiology

Background:Incarceration is associated with negative impacts on mental health. Probation, a form of community supervision, has been lauded as an...

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A program lets some women live outside of prison with their babies : NPR npr.org/2023/11/21/121374290…

A novel prison program for pregnant women and their babies

Minnesota is believed to be the first state that allows some mothers to live outside of prison with their new babies.

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Time spent in #prison and #jail often worsens #mentalhealth. Researchers and advocates say more data and transparency is needed to better understand and reduce in-custody #suicides. #NCHealthNews buff.ly/47mKFQp
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🌟probation and parole take a large toll on mental health - we interviewed those currently on community supervision about its effects on their well-being. Read more in our new article in @socscimed with @dronlylbr & the SPECS team: authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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justinberk@justinberk9 Oct 2023
This was dope. A humanizing perspective on people on Death Row. Loved the article and the commentary how their D&D characters offered insights into the people they could have become under more fortunate circumstance.
Keri Blakinger (@keribla) profile pictureKeri Blakinger@keribla9 Oct 2023
Still haven't worked up the nerve to listen to myself for 34 minutes on a Sunday but it is so wild to see my shit on The Daily. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
The Sunday Read: ‘The Dungeons & Dragons Players of Death Row’

The Sunday Read: ‘The Dungeons & Dragons Players of Death Row’

Podcast Episode · The Daily · October 8, 2023 · Subscribers Only · 34m

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An incredible scholar, advocate, and person - my biggest congratulations!!
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