Cited in editorial: Choose prison or school

by Peter Wagner, May 12, 2007

The Press-Register in Mobile Alabama cites our Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry book in their editorial: Choose prison or school.

Spitzer must lead drug law reform

by Peter Wagner, April 27, 2007

Gabriel Sayegh of the Drug Policy Alliance cites our research in an op-ed in yesterday’s Albany Times Union: Spitzer must lead drug law reform

Hey, That’s my prisoner!

by Peter Wagner, February 26, 2007

Eileen Markey writes about U.S. Census policy, New York State’s democracy and the need for interim solutions in City Limits magazine: Hey, that’s my prisoner: Pols want the numbers.

Prisoners of the Census Bureau

by Peter Wagner, February 19, 2007

Professor Marie Gottschalk cites our research in a column in today’s Los Angeles Times Prisoners of the Census Bureau: How and where the U.S. counts inmates has huge, and unsettling, consequences.

ElDiario

El Diario/La Prensa (New York) cites our research in an editorial "Reversing the Prison Trend" in English and Spanish.

by Peter Wagner, February 15, 2007

El Diario/La Prensa (New York) cites our research in an editorial Reversing the Prison Trend in English and Spanish.

Virginia

Frank Green explores the harm prisoner miscount does to Virginia's democracy in "Census Boon?" in the Times-Dispatch. Calls for reform are coming from many corners, including the delegate who benefits the most from counting prisoners where they are incarcerated.

by Peter Wagner, January 22, 2007

Frank Green explores the harm prisoner miscount does to Virginia’s democracy in Census Boon? in the Times-Dispatch. Calls for reform are coming from many corners, including the delegate who benefits the most from counting prisoners where they are incarcerated.

Rzeczpospolita

by Peter Wagner, January 22, 2007

Rzeczpospolita (Poland) quotes Executive Director Peter Wagner on the failure of mass incarceration to control crime in Co czwarty więzień to Amerykanin (Every fourth prisoner is an American).

Senator Adams calls for state to change how prisoners are counted

by Peter Wagner, January 21, 2007

New York State Senator Eric Adams calls for the state to change how it counts prison populations during redistricting in The Empire Stakes: 2012 in Roll Call (subscription required).

Krueger

by Peter Wagner, January 6, 2007

New York State Senator Liz Krueger cites our Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in New York report in a blog post calling for an end to the practice of drawing legislative districts based on Census counts of prisoner populations.

Interns

by Peter Wagner, December 13, 2006

We are now accepting applications from law and graduate students for summer internships and our Alternative Spring Break program.