by Peter Wagner, September 23, 2009
USA Today cites PPI and our work against prison-based gerrymandering in a discussion of major controversies in the upcoming 2010 Census.
by Peter Wagner, September 23, 2009
Timbuk3 cites our prison-based gerrymandering research in A Captive Constituency.
by Peter Wagner, September 22, 2009
Wired Magazine picks PPI Advisory Board member Nils Christie for their October feature: The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World. Read the article: Nils Christie: Empty the Prisons.
by Peter Wagner, September 20, 2009
Michael Overall in the Tulsa World writes Prisons can inflate districts’ influence about our newest report Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Oklahoma.
by Peter Wagner, September 18, 2009
Glen Ford has a radio commentary on Black Agenda Report that addresses prison-based gerrymandering and the 3/5ths clause of the constitution that allowed Southern Whites to cast pro-slavery votes on “behalf” of enslaved Blacks. See The Stolen Count: Prison Inmates and the Census.
by Peter Wagner, September 14, 2009
Christian Smith-Socaris has a Progressive States Network Dispatch on How the Incarcerated are Counted Distorts our Politics. It includes a detailed summary of the problem of prison-based gerrymandering and a thorough review of what actions states can take to restore fairness to the redistricting process.
by Peter Wagner, September 13, 2009
Erik Fowle interviews PPI and writes on New America Media: Census Prisoner Count Skews Political Representation
All of our recent reports about prison/jail growth, racial disparities, and more, re-organized by state.
It can strengthen connections, but instead has been used to sap money from incarcerated people.
Probation and parole are the leading forms of mass punishment in America.
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.