Prison gerrymandering
How the prison system distorts legislative redistricting
- Momentum is Building to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering (Created: 2022)
- Percent of incarcerated population that is Black by percent of county free population that is Black. (Created: 2015)
- Black people are incarcerated in counties with disproportionately low Black non-incarcerated population (Created: 2015)
- Latino people are incarcerated in counties with disproportionately low Latino non-incarcerated population (Created: 2015)
- Counties where incarcerated Black and Latino people are disproportionate to the Black and Latino non-incarcerated population (Created: 2015)
- Percent of incarcerated population that is Latino by percent of county free population that is Latino. (Created: 2015)
- Most incarcerated people in Maryland are from Baltimore City, but serve time elsewhere in the state. (Created: 2014)
- Until Maryland ended prison gerrymandering in 2010, any four residents of House of Delegates District 2B were given much political clout as five people in a district without a large prison. Every vote (Created: 2014)
- Majority-white Connecticut State House districts get disproportionate representation in legislature (Created: 2014)
- Nine Connecticut State House districts met federal minimum population requirements only by counting prison populations as if they resided at the location of the correctional facility. (Created: 2014)
- In Connecticut, should 9 equal 10? (Created: 2014)
- Communities facing vote dilution more likely to reject Census Bureau's Prison Miscount (Created: 2013)
- Who supplies -- and who receives -- Ohio's prison population? (Created: 2013)
- Census Bureau prison counts skew county populations (Created: 2013)
- Ohio House districts with substantial prison counts (redistricting 2011) (Created: 2013)
- Connecticut's prison population comes from many communities, but it is concentrated in just a few (Created: 2013)
- Who supplies - and who receives - the prison population? (Created: 2013)
- Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Wyoming (Created: 2012)
- Massachusetts' 12th Hampden District (2002) includes too much population (Created: 2011)
- Massachusetts' 3rd Suffolk District (2002) padded with prison population (Created: 2011)
- Calhoun County Georgia: County Commission Districts (Created: 2010)
- Maryland House districts with substantial incarcerated populations (Created: 2010)
- Maryland and Baltimore City: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- Connecticut and New Haven: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- Connecticut and Hartford: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- New York State and downstate metropolitan areas: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- Who is more likely to go to prison for a drug offense: People in urban, or in rural Senate districts? (2010) (Created: 2010)
- 11 Illinois state House districts where at least 2% of each district's population is incarcerated (Created: 2010)
- 26,304 Cook County residents counted downstate (Created: 2010)
- Pennsylvania and Philadelphia: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2009)
- Somerset, Maryland: local district is 60% incarcerated people (Created: 2009)
- Maryland and Baltimore: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2009)
- Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Osage County (Created: 2009)
- Osage County Commission Districts 1, 2 & 3 (Created: 2009)
- Eight Pennsylvania House districts meet federal minimum population requirements only because they count prisoners as local resident (Created: 2009)
- City Council Wards in Anamosa, Iowa (Created: 2008)
- Prison populations in New York State Senate District 45 (Created: 2007)
- Who is more likely to go to prison for a drug offense: People in urban New York City or in Senator Volker's rural district? (Created: 2005)
- In some New York counties, a large portion of the population is prisoners (Created: 2005)
- Large prison populations in small Georgia counties distort Census (Created: 2005)
- Incarceration rates in Georgia counties (Created: 2005)
- Incarcerated populations in Texas Senate districts (Created: 2004)
- Incarcerated populations in Texas Congressional districts (Created: 2004)
- Incarcerated populations in Texas House districts (Created: 2004)
- Three South Dakota legislative districts are based at least 3% on incarcerated people (Created: 2004)
- Seats per legislator, Marion City Council (Created: 2004)
- Number of people per Mansfield Ohio City Council ward (Created: 2004)
- Number of people per Marion Ohio City Council Ward (Created: 2004)
- Census gives population boost to small prison hosting counties in Michigan (Created: 2004)
- Michigan's largest cities lose population to Census counts of prisoners in the prisons instead of at home (Created: 2004)
- Where is New York's incarcerated population? (Created: 2004)
- The geography of New Jersey prisons and prisoners (Created: 2004)
- Prisoners and jail inmates stymie Arizona's attempt to draw equally sized districts (Created: 2004)
- Without the prisoners as population, Arizona's districts would be far from equally sized (Created: 2004)
- By official Census numbers, small population deviations between Arizona districts (Created: 2004)
- Idaho's correctional facilities with Orofino highlighted (Created: 2004)
- Without prisoners as "population", Upstate New York Senate districts are severely under-populated (Created: 2004)
- Upstate New York State Senate districts are under-populated (Created: 2004)
- Three Nevada Senate districts are too small and have large incarcerated populations (Created: 2004)
- Three Idaho legislative districts have large correctional populations (Created: 2004)
- Prisoners per New York State Senate District (Created: 2004)
- 56 Counties Lost Population Where Census Showed Gain by Counting Prisoners as Residents (Created: 2004)
- Size of each St. Lawrence County legislative district (Created: 2004)
- Are state prisoners local residents? Two counties, two answers (Created: 2004)
- Prisoners distort democracy in St. Lawrence County (Created: 2004)
- Cleveland and Cincinnati's loss is prison counties' gain in Census (Created: 2004)
- 69% of NY's Prison Cells are in Republican Assembly Districts (Created: 2004)
- New York State Senators, by party (Created: 2004)
- New York State Assemblypersons by party (Created: 2004)
- Where did the Census Bureau count 43,740 New York City residents? (Created: 2004)
- Percent Population Incarcerated by County (Created: 2004)
- Population Incarcerated by County (Created: 2004)
- Percent Black Population Incarcerated by County, excluding counties with small Black incarcerated populations (Created: 2004)
- 21 Counties Have 21% or More of Their Population Incarcerated (Created: 2004)
- 5.5% of Nevada District 35 is incarcerated (Created: 2004)
- Percent Latino Population Incarcerated by County (Created: 2004)
- 98% of New York State's Prison Cells Are in Republican Senate Districts (Created: 2004)
- Idaho's correctional facilities (Created: 2004)
- Montana house districts with large incarcerated populations (Created: 2004)
- Montana's largest correctional facilities (Created: 2004)
- Most of New York's prisons are in rural upstate counties far from New York City (Created: 2004)
- Most of New York's prisons are in upstate Senate Districts far from New York City (Created: 2004)
- New York City's State Senate districts are over-populated (Created: 2004)
- Correctional Facilities in Nevada's Census Data (Created: 2004)
- Prisoner-count based vote dilution in Mansfield Ohio (Created: 2003)
- Prisoners per 100,000 residents, emphasizing the low rate through the 1980 U.S. Census (Created: 2003)
- Percent Black Population Incarcerated by County (Created: 2003)
- Pennsylvania incarceration rates and prison locations by county, 2000 (Created: 2003)
- North Carolina state prisons and county percent Black (Created: 2003)
- New York State: Percent of each county's reported population that is prisoners (Created: 2003)
- New York State's distribution of prisons and prisoners (Created: 2003)
- New York State: Percent of each county's reported Black population that is in prison (Created: 2003)
- New York State and Prison Population Centers (Created: 2003)
- New York population and prisoner origin (Created: 2003)
- New York State: Where is the prison population? (Created: 2002)
Events
- August 5, 2024:
On Wednesday, August 5, 2024, at 3 PM EST, we’ll host a panel of advocates to discuss the importance and challenges of helping people in prison testify at legislative hearings, and introduce our new legislative testimony toolkit.
Panelists include: Anthony Blakenship of Civil Survival, Jesse White of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, and incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell.
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