LA resident Kelly Lytle Hernandez recently earned a MacArthur "Genius" grant: $625,000 to pursue her work with no strings attached. Her "Million Dollar Hoods" project found that most of LA’s nearly $1 billion jail budget is spent on incarcerating many people in just a few neighborhoods.
LA MacArthur 'Genius' takes on race and incarceration
Kelly Lytle Hernandez. Credit: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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