Carceral System Countermap

Using online mapping tools to visualize environmental justice issues, particularly climate hazards faced by incarcerated people

For this project, I utilized the data presented in the Ella Baker Center’s Hidden Hazards Report which seeks to better understand the climate hazards faced by incarcerated people.

I used ESRI online to create an interactive storymap* which made the data presented in the report more easily digestible and able to be explored.

This work was done in fulfillment of a course project aimed at at using mapping tools to make visible problems surrounding Environmental Justice (EJ).

Storymap (last updated March 2026, some data layers may no longer display correctly): https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8939d595cd0d4791b8d6efc30ccb081d

Data Layers: https://github.com/jsouth-02/EJ-in-California-Final-Project-2026