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
by Peter Wagner, August 26, 2009
Alice Green writes about our work against prison-based gerrymandering on the Times-Union blog: Prisoners are People Too.
by Peter Wagner, August 4, 2009
American History magazine has a two page datagraphic “Lock Up, U.S.A.: A startling statistical rap sheet on our prison system” based in part on The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry. The American History graphic, unfortunately, is only available in the print edition.
by Peter Wagner, July 9, 2009
Eric Kleefeld blogs about the Wisconsin Census Amendment on TalkingPointsMemo: More Redistricting Follies: Counting Prisoners In Census Data
by Peter Wagner, July 8, 2009
Shawn Johnson on Wisconsin Public Radio reports on a proposed constitutional amendment to end prison based gerrymandering in that state [1:33 RealMedia]. A shorter Associated Press article based on the radio piece is appearing in papers and on TV stations across the state.
by Peter Wagner, June 29, 2009
The New York Times again mentions the importance of where people in prison are counted in the 2010 Census to the political future of the New York State: Democratic Lock Seen on 2013 Albany Senate
by Peter Wagner, June 27, 2009
Professor Douglas A. Berman mentions our new Pennsylvania report on his Sentencing Law & Policy blog.
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.