fund-freedom

A tool to combat wealth-based jailing through real-time visualization and donation

Socrata Open Data API Documentation:
https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.ct.gov/bvbe-957i

CT Accused Pre-Trial Inmates SODA Endpoint:
https://data.ct.gov/resource/bvbe-957i.json

Features in progress:

• D3 visualizations, to update in real-time in response to user filters and queries
• data to be filterable by felony and misdemeanor classes parsed out from offense detail
• donate buttons at the side of each row, to request earmarked donations
• current trends displayed with calls to action, based on recent analysis of inmate data
• integration of inmate data from additional US states
• mobile app powered by React Native or Firebase

Known bugs:

• queries return multiple days of results for the same inmate
• Paypal donate button disabled until linked to the CT Bail Fund correctly