U.S. Prosecutor Database
Last Updated: October 5th, 2020
🔥 Hacktoberfest Status: 7 District Attorneys to go! 🔥
Hacktoberfest Goal: Add 100 District Attorneys
This October, hundreds of beginner, intermediate, & advanced developers will be contributing to open-source projects across the world. The U.S. Prosecutor Database is one of many repos open to open-source contributions from people of all skill levels & backgrounds.
For Hacktoberfest 2020, our goal is to ADD 100 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS to the web app. Here's how you can help.
Important Links
- View the live web app
- View the Hacktoberfest issue
- What do Prosecutors have to do with Police Brutality?
- Our History
- Read the Docs
Community
Maintainers
Would you like to help maintain this project? Email me (link in profile).
Contributors
Interested in contributing to the web app? You'll find dev notes in the DOCS.md. Our stack is: Node.js, Meteor.js, MongoDB, Heroku.
We also need help with documentation for the GitHub page: https://billimarie.github.io/prosecutor-database. You can use the DOCS.md & the Hacktoberfest Issue as references to update our outdated GitHub page.
Post-Carceral
Post-Carceral is a digital community group of volunteers working on civic tech projects (like the US Prosecutor Database) in service of working toward a post-carceral ("beyond prison") world.
Stay Updated
- Sign up for our mailing list.
- You can also find USPD updates on our Twitter: @USProsecutorDB.
- To get involved in a remote Sunday session, follow @postcarceral. This is our general prisoners' rights group responsible for housing the USPD project.
Volunteer
You don't have to be a developer or a prisoners' rights activist to join. We're looking for all types of people with all types of interests & expertise to collaborate with.
Datathons: On Sundays, we hang out remotely and discuss recent prosecutor news, primary results, & campaigns. We also brainstorm new ways to collect data (considering the strange logic of the prosecutorial system, especially as it differs between localities & regions). If you'd like to join, send me an email.
License
The USPD is an open-source community project built to house data about current and previous US Prosecutors (copyright (c) 2017 - 2020 Billimarie Lubiano Robinson). It is licensed under GNU GPLv3. This means you are able to use, modify, & distribute USPD as long as the following conditions are met:
- Acknowledge the original source (this repository & its contributors)
- Apply the same license & copyright usage
- Make public any changes, updates, or improvements upon USPD
For more information, please view the LICENSE.md file.