EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 4 MIN
When Numbers Lie: How Data Keeps Harmful Policy Alive
from SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy from the Margins · host Swopbehindbars
This episode exposes how easily activity-based metrics—arrests, rescues, and operations—are presented as proof of success while ignoring real outcomes for affected people. It traces the feedback loop where data, narrative, funding, and media reinforce one another, excluding the voices and harms that matter, and argues for measuring what actually improves people’s lives.
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This episode exposes how easily activity-based metrics—arrests, rescues, and operations—are presented as proof of success while ignoring real outcomes for affected people. It traces the feedback loop where data, narrative, funding, and media reinforce one another, excluding the voices and harms that matter, and argues for measuring what actually improves people’s lives.
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When Numbers Lie: How Data Keeps Harmful Policy Alive
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