https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database
An open-source, community oversight dataset of all U.S. Prosecutors. Happy Hacktoberfest 🎃
https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database
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An open-source, community oversight dataset of all U.S. Prosecutors. Happy Hacktoberfest 🎃
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database
- Owner: billimarie
- License: other
- Created: 2017-04-07T04:31:00.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-21T22:35:14.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-23T16:14:20.118Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: first-timers, government, hackathon, hacktober, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest2020, prison, prisoners-rights, prosecutor, us-attorneys, us-elections, us-government, us-prosecutors
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://billimarie.github.io/prosecutor-database
- Size: 18.1 MB
- Stars: 91
- Watchers: 13
- Forks: 85
- Open Issues: 46
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
# U.S. Prosecutor Database
> Last Updated: December 14th, 2024
[](http://unmaintained.tech/)
## Looking For Maintainer
The U.S. Prosecutor Database is looking for its next maintainer. If you have a vision of how to create a public, searchable database, ledger, or chain which everyday users can interact with through a simple UI/UX front-end, please submit a PR and we'll make sure this project lives on through your contributions.
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## Setting Up
To run the app locally on your machine:
1. install `node` & `npm` ([see official docs](https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm))
2. install `meteor` via terminal: `npm install -g meteor` ([see official docs]([https://www.meteor.com/install](https://v2-docs.meteor.com/install.html#installation)))
3. `npm install`
4. `meteor run` & open `http://localhost:3000/` in your browser
### Adding Data to your local environment
To play around with data:
1. in a new (simultaneous) terminal tab: `meteor mongo`
2. verify that the `show collections` command produces the `Attorneys` collection
3. insert a new document using the `api` folder .js files as a base. Make sure it contains the `name`, `state`, & `role`--otherwise it won't work. Example: `db.Attorneys.insertOne({"id": "ag-01","state": "Alabama","name": "Steve Marshall","role": "Attorney General"})`
4. check on the app in your browser; it should automatically refresh
### JSON Structure
```
"name": "Rachael Rollins",
"role": "District Attorney",
"state": "Massachusetts",
"county": "Suffolk",
"party": "democrat",
"ageRange": "40-50",
"gender": "female",
"race": "black",
"appointed": "1601640275", // Unix Time Stamp: https://www.unixtimestamp.com/index.php
"headshot": "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c671e8e2727be4ad82ff1e9...",
"websites": {
"url": "https://www.suffolkdistrictattorney.com/about-the-office/meet-district...",
"wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Rollins",
"facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/Rollins4DA",
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/DARollins",
},
"office": {
"address": {
"poBox": "",
"courthouse": "Suffolk County District Attorney",
"street": "1 Bulfinch Place",
"city": "Boston",
"zipcode": "02114",
"phone": "(617) 619-4000"
},
"email": ""
},
"articles": [
0: {
"title": "Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins releases list of police officers with ‘ques...",
"url": "https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2020/09/26/rachael-rollins-rele...",
"summary": "Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins Friday night released...",
"featuredImage": "https://www.boston.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CV3ZAWH2OJHFRFOWGSND..."
}
]
```
Production: https://us-prosecutor-database.herokuapp.com/
---
## Important Links
- **View the live web app** (coming soon)
- **[Read the Docs](https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database/blob/master/DOCS.md)** (GitHub README.md)
- **[View the Docs](https://billimarie.github.io/prosecutor-database/)** (website)
- **[What do Prosecutors have to do with Police Brutality?](https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database/blob/master/DOCS.md#0-history-why-prosecutors)**
- **[Our History](https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database/blob/master/DOCS.md#1-overview)**
---
## 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**](https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database/blob/master/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](https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database/blob/master/DOCS.md) & the [Hacktoberfest Issue](https://github.com/billimarie/prosecutor-database/issues/80) as references to update our outdated GitHub page.
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## 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](http://eepurl.com/dqPQdL).
- You can also find USPD updates on our Twitter: [@USProsecutorDB](https://twitter.com/USProsecutorDB).
- To get involved in a remote Sunday session, follow [@postcarceral](https://twitter.com/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.
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## 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](/.github/license.md) file.
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