Geoff Hing

@geoffhing
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Data journalist covering the criminal legal system and cultural worker. CHI -> PHX.
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LocationPhoenix, AZ
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GitHubhttps://ghing.github.io
Show threadGeoff HingJan 30

My colleague and I wrote about when this data also went missing during the federal government shutdown.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/data-ice-chicago-shutdown-immigration

ICE Data on Raids Hidden During Shutdown

More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.

The Marshall Project
Geoff HingJan 30

ICE hasn't updated its detention statistics in weeks. Here's a post on the missing data, from @austinkocher who tracks the data closely.

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-withholds-congressionally-mandated

ICE Withholds Congressionally Mandated Detention Data

In the midst of heated budget negotiations over immigration enforcement, ICE flaunts Congress's prior mandate to publish timely detention data.

Austin Kocher
Show threadGeoff HingMay 18, 2025
Here’s a link to the document where I collected links to some of the stories and other things Tom and I talked about at #pyconus. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zp-ssAzuCoLqA1Mm7j9lsDBX-Xt0WZPqyiv8OQZ3V3Y/edit
PyConUS2025 TMP Keynote Tip Sheet

Doing investigative journalism with Python at The Marshall Project What is The Marshall Project? “The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We have an impact on the system...

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Geoff HingMay 18, 2025
Thank you #pyconus for having me as a speaker and for everyone who made that happen. I’m always happy to talk about using code for journalism and to hear how others are using #python in other spaces to understand the world.
Geoff HingMay 18, 2025
BoltsMag.orgMay 18, 2025
Issues of housing and encampment sweeps are shaping Pittsburgh's mayoral race, but Kalena Thomhave finds that the contours of the local debates here are different than in many other cities: https://boltsmag.org/pittsburgh-homeless-encampments-housing-sweeps/
Pittsburgh Offers Housing When Closing Encampments. Will That Last? - Bolts

Advocates pushed the city to prioritize longer-term housing during sweeps, but the policy's future is uncertain in the face of continued encampments and a mayoral primary on May 20.

Bolts
Geoff HingMay 17, 2025
If anyone involved in the #PyConUS Climbing the Stack open space could share some contact information, please send me a private mention. I'd love to join, but can't meet at 5 p.m.
Geoff HingMar 7, 2025
Here's the home version of my #NICAR25 hands-on session introducing using the command line, as well as a tip sheet. https://github.com/ghing/nicar-2025-command-line
GitHub - ghing/nicar-2025-command-line: Tip sheet and activities for a hands-on session about using the command line for the 2025 NICAR conference

Tip sheet and activities for a hands-on session about using the command line for the 2025 NICAR conference - ghing/nicar-2025-command-line

GitHub
Geoff HingOct 29, 2024
BoltsMag.orgOct 29, 2024
Arizona voters will soon decide on Prop 312, a measure that could ramp up police responses to homelessness by allowing property owners to claim tax refunds for costs like private security and cleanups. https://boltsmag.org/arizona-prop-312-unhoused-ballot-measure/
The Next Front in the Fight Over Homelessness Is on the Arizona Ballot - Bolts

Conservatives want to force cities to either use police to force unhoused people into treatment, or pay up.

Bolts
Geoff HingOct 25, 2024
Nuestra historia de declaraciones falsos sobre #inmigracion fue traducida por Documented.https://documentedny.com/2024/10/25/trump-inmigracion-verificamos/
Verificamos más de 12,000 declaraciones de Trump sobre inmigración en su campaña electoral

Trump ha dicho muchas frases engañosas sobre la inmigración en EE. UU. Verificamos cuán veraces son sus alegaciones.

Documented
Geoff HingOct 25, 2024

There's a lot on the ballot in the upcoming general #election beyond the presidential, senate and house races. Pascal Sabino of Bolts and I put one #Arizona ballot measure, Prop 312, in the context of broader clashes over how to address #homelessness

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/25/arizona-prop-312-unhoused-ballot-measure

Arizona Prop 312: The Nationwide War Over Homelessness Comes to the Arizona Ballot

Conservatives want to use the criminal justice system to force unhoused people into treatment. It may do more harm than good.

The Marshall Project