My ID

City Studies

My ID

Test Ride

City Studies

Test Ride

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Making Policy Public

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

The Deciders

City Studies

The Deciders

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

Print Not on Our Watch!

E-carceration, short for electronic incarceration, is when authorities use surveillance technology like ankle monitors, cameras, and GPS to track and control people in their own communities.

While e-carceration might get some people out from behind bars, the same technology makes it easier to monitor and punish more people overall, and Black, brown, and immigrant communities have become the biggest targets. Having fewer people behind bars, but giving authorities more power to punish Black, brown, and immigrant communities is not a just solution to the problems of mass incarceration.

To help communities understand how e-carceration works and the consequences for Black, brown, and immigrant communities, CUP teamed up with Freedom to Thrive and designers Shreyas R Krishnan and Kruttika Susarla to create Not On Our Watch! The foldout poster explains and illustrates the concept of “e-carceration” and how it perpetuates a system of mass surveillance of communities of color. Available in English and Spanish, Not On Our Watch also highlights community actions that have been taken across the country to offer alternatives to our current systems of incarceration and surveillance. 

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Soda Census

City Studies

Soda Census

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?