by Peter Wagner, October 26, 2008
The New York Times‘ coverage of how the Census Bureau’s prison miscount harms rural voters is getting a lot of play in blogs, including on Talkleft, Legal Ruralism, Data Detectives, and Geography101 plus a followup on Geography 101.
States fall far short of their duty to meet the health needs of incarcerated people.
The bail industry exploits cracks and loopholes in the legal system to avoid accountability, while growing its profits.
Criminal justice policy in every region of the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.