By Jenine Pilla, Ciara Sheerin, & Betsey Carroll RAWTools Philly is a Kensington-based non-profit that aims to take guns off the street by destroying and repurposing them into art, jewelry, and gardening tools. Shane Claiborne founded the organization in 2011 at the same time...
By Jenine Pilla, Ciara Sheerin, & Betsey Carroll New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) is a community-driven non-profit serving the Kensington, Port Richmond, and Fishtown neighborhoods of Philadelphia. Its focus areas include affordable real estate development, housing...
By Christina Hasaan, Ciara Sheerin, Betsey Carroll – DAO DATA CoLab Every Murder is Real: Hope in Action Every Murder is Real (EMIR) Healing Center was born from a mother’s determination to transform grief into strength. Victoria Greene founded EMIR following the murder of her son,...
By Christina Hasaan, Ciara Sheerin, Betsey Carroll – DAO DATA CoLab 5 Shorts: A Vision Transformed into Action The 5 Shorts Project is a Germantown-based organization that supports local filmmakers of all levels, bringing their vision all the way from pre-production to the screen. 5...
By Christopher Oluwole (he/him), DAO DATA Lab The 2024 Winter Fest, hosted by Philly Truce, signified the conclusion of the community organization’s youth program, SAFE CITY SOLUTIONS and their city-wide acknowledged Operation Hug the Block PEACE PATROL. The event brought together participants,...
Last Updated: September 12, 2025 By Vincent Liu and Oren Gur, District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab At the District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab, we strive to promote data transparency, expand data accessibility, and foster public awareness of available criminal...
By Vincent Liu (Data Analyst, DATA Lab) The District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab strives to iterate and improve our reporting on data about the criminal legal system in Philadelphia. For the past several years, we have published monthly Incident-Arrest-Charges (IAC) “Data...
By Christion Smith (GIS & Data Analyst, DATA Lab) Note: This data story comes out of work with a community partner, Every Murder Is Real (EMIR) Healing Center, and would not have been possible without their partnership and support. We thank them for their collaboration on this and other new...
By Nat Lownes, DATA Lab Software Engineer, and Kate Kelly, DATA Lab Content Manager 50 years ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer published results from the first-ever computer analysis of criminal legal data to be conducted by a newspaper. This very likely was the first time that Philadelphians had seen...
By the District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics Lab (DATA Lab) Takeaways: The DAO charges nearly every homicide and non-fatal shooting (NFS) arrest. There are many more reported homicides and non-fatal shootings where no arrest is made. The small number of cases that are dismissed by a...