Prisoners and the census bibliography

Last update: April 29, 2011

2006

The Five-Fifths Clause: How we count, and use, our prisoners., by Andrew Marantz, Slate, November 6, 2006
Moving to end the practice that lets lawmakers draw their own districts, by Sewell Chan, New York Times, October 28, 2006
Census counts prisoners as rural residents, by Scott Henson, Grits for Breakfast, October 22, 2006
Prisoner data fix would restore equal access, by League of Women Voters of Dallas (editorial), Dallas Morning News, October 21, 2006
Fresh Insights for Albany, Gleaned Behind Bars, by Clyde Haberman, New York Times, October 20, 2006
New tool shows how prisons skew county demographics by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 20, 2006
Testimony of Peter Wagner, Executive Director, Prison Policy Initiative, Before the Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, October 17, 2006
Testimony of Steven Carbó, Senior Program Director, Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action before the Assembly Standing Committee on Government Operations and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Apportionment, October 17, 2006
Testimony of Rachel Leon, Executive Director, Common Cause/NY before the Assembly Standing Committee on Government Operations and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Apportionment, October 17, 2006
Testimony of Juan Cartagena, Co-Chair, New York Voting Rights Consortium before the Assembly Standing Committee on Government Operations and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Apportionment, October 17, 2006
Testimony of Justin Levitt, Associate Counsel and Kahlil Williams, Policy Analyst, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law before the Assembly Standing Committee on Government Operations and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Apportionment, October 17, 2006
Census Bureau's Own Study Says Bureau Should Stop Miscounting Prisoners, by Ben Greenberg, Hungry Blues, October 14, 2006
A Vote for a Smarter Census New York Times editorial, September 18, 2006
Panel recommends change in how prisoners are counted in U.S. Census, by Sam Roberts, New York Times, September 15, 2006
National Academies report calls for Census Bureau to collect alternative addresses for people in prison by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 14, 2006
Voter Guide asks New York candidates about Census reform by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 8, 2006
Counting Off Upstate: Just Say Moo, by Ezekiel Edwards, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2006
We're a long way from real democracy Bad laws and manipulation still keep many people, especially poor and minority, out of the voting booth, editorial by Cole Krawitz and Jay Toole, New York Newsday, August 25, 2006
2 million invisible Americans, by Andrew Marantz, Brown Daily Herald, July 17, 2006
Flight of young adults is causing alarm upstate, by Sam Roberts, New York Times, June 13, 2006
Political Memo: The upstate economy, the problem that still plagues politicans and their promises, by Sam Roberts, New York Times, June 11, 2006
U.S. Census and prisons — Rural Georgia coverage by Dana Ford The Union Recorder Milledgeville GA May 20 2006, June 5, 2006
Prison-Based Gerrymandering New York Times Editorial Board, May 20, 2006
Court Asks if Residency Follows Inmates Up the River by Sam Roberts, New York Times, May 13, 2006
The way we count prisoners is a crime , by Maggie Williams, Gotham Gazette, May 8, 2006
Drawing the Line: Redistricting Reform, by Joshua Brustein, Gotham Gazette, May 8, 2006
Prisoners and the Right to Vote, by Emily Jane Goodman, Gotham Gazette, May, 2006
Felon disenfranchisement cases denied, but look for silver lining, by Brenda Wright, Democracy Dispatches, May 5, 2006
Muntaqim v. Coombe [PDF] United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 4, 2006
Hayden v. Pataki [PDF] United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 4, 2006, p. 35.
Phantom Constituents Behind Bars New York Times Editorial Board, May 2, 2006
Counting Noses in Prison New York Times Editorial Board, April 18, 2006
Bruno's captive majority, by Errol Louis, New York Daily News, April 18, 2006
Livingston residents undaunted by prison, by Alexis Grant, Houston Chronicle, April 16, 2006
The (Un)Usual Residence Rule, by Ezekiel Edwards, DMI BLog, March 28, 2006
Census count hurts prison towns right now, by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative, March 28, 2006
If a coalition of congressmen get their way, Vigo Count and Congressional District 8 could be facing a serious population decrease, by Mark Bennett (column), Tribune Star (Terre Haute, IN), March 18, 2006
Distorting political reality — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board, March 17, 2006
Census inmate count gives some areas more political clout, by Greg Wright, Gannett News Service, March 8, 2006
Serrano, Census are at odds on inmates, by Louise Radnofsky, The Bronx Beat, March 6, 2006
Inmate counts are focus of Census Bureau attention, by Alice Heiserman, American Correctional Association, March 1, 2006
Harper's Index, Harpers Magazine, March 2006
Phantom voters distort the urban-rural political balance of power by David Goldstein, Horsesass.org, March 1, 2006
NY inmates: Locked-up, counted out?, by Jarrett Murphy, Village Voice, February 27, 2006
One-sided prison census review sparks backlash, by Brendan Coyne, The New Standard, February 27, 2006
Counting in New York, by Journal News Editorial, Journal News (Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam, NY), February 25, 2006
No Count: Inmates live where they are locked up, by Texarkana Gazette editorial board, Texarkana Gazette, February 24, 2006
Census won't alter counting of inmates, by Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post, February 24, 2006
Rural Michigan newspaper calls for change in Census counts of prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 23, 2006
New report shows “Why the Census Bureau can and must start collecting the home addresses of incarcerated people” by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 17, 2006
The Census Bureau must sharpen its senses, by Ezekiel Edwards, DMIBlog, February 14, 2006
Tabulating Prisoners at Their "Permanent Home of Record" Address [PDF] Census Bureau, February 21, 2006
"Home" in 2010: [PDF] A Report on the Feasibility of Enumerating People in Prison at their Home Addresses in the Next Census submitted to the U.S. Census Bureau by Kirsten D. Levingston & Christopher Muller, Brennan Center for Justice, February 15, 2006
The Census Bureau must sharpen its senses by Ezekiel Edwards, DMI Blog, February 14, 2006
Why the Census Bureau can and must start collecting the home addresses of incarcerated people submitted by Peter Wagner, Eric Lotke and Andrew Beveridge to the U.S. Census Bureau on February 10, 2006 in advance of the Bureau's report to the Appropriations Committee on using prisoners' homes of record in the Census
Counting Convicts: Do it here or there?, Editorial in the Jackson City Patriot (Michigan), February 9, 2006
Counting convicts: Do it here or there?, by Jackson Citizen Patriot Editorial Board, Jackson Citizen Patriot, February 2, 2006
Inmate census: Hometowns, not prison locales should get to count felons, by Flint Journal Editorial Board, Flint Journal, February 2, 2006
Fixing the Census Bureau’s mistakes is admirable, but not every government can do it by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 5, 2006
Census Bureau, Activists Debate How and Where to Count Inmates, by Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, January 30, 2006; p. A15
Voting Inequities [PDF] by Philip N. Cohen, (letter) New York Times, January 3, 2006

2005

Update - Phantom voters in Washington State by Steve Zemke, Majority Rules, December 27, 2005
Phantom Voters Aid New York Republicans by Steve Zemke, Majority Rules, December 27, 2005
Phantom Voters, Thanks to the Census by New York Times Editorial Board, December 27, 2005
Prison counts distort districts, by Erik Stowers (letter), New York Newsday, December 10, 2005
Financial burden of how prisoners counted in Census falls on rural — not urban — communities by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 8, 2005
Count inmates where they're from, by Post-Standard editorial board, The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY), December 6, 2005
Census changes suggested for inmates, by Devlin Barrett, Associated Press, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 2, 2005
Most people in Anamosa's Ward 2 are prison inmates, Sioux City Journal, November 12, 2005
Anamosa's unique problem with council vacancy, Associated Press, November 11, 2005
Pols and Politics Notebook: Prisoner Census Reform, by William Murphy, NY Newsday, October 21, 2005
Senseless Census by Susan E. McGregor, The Amsterdam News, October 20, 2005
Rural prisons and political clout, by Brian Depew, Rural Populist, October 16, 2005
Prisoners of the Census, by Crazy Monk, October 13, 2005
0/5 Compromise by David Schraub, The Debate Link, October 9, 2005
Where Prisoners Count, by Roland Nicholson (letter), New York Times, October 2, 2005
Using Prisoners to Inflate Rural Political Clout by Spencer Overton, BlackProf.com, October 2005
Where prisoners count [letter], by Roland Nicholson, Jr, New York Times, October 2, 2005.
Phantom Constituents in the Census New York Times Editorial Board, September 26, 2005
Counting on Prisoners: The Use of Inmates in Apportionment, by Alex Coolman, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Blog, September 26, 2005
Phantom Constituents in the Census — New York Times Editorial by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 26, 2005
Displacing Prisoners: 21st Century Gerrymandering by Mark Jordan, Altar Magazine, Summer 2005
Race, Place, and the Perils of Prisonomics: Beyond the big-stick, low-road and zero-sum mass incarceration con by Paul Street, Z Magazine, July/August 2005
Bringing Fairness and Relevance To Census Bureau Counts Of Incarcerated Americans, Resolution of the US Conference of Mayors, 2005
Census treatment of incarcerated felons unfairly dilutes voting strength of non-prison communities by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, June 22, 2005
Proposed finding and recommendation [PDF] submitted to the Residence Rules in the Decennial Census Panel, at the National Academy of Sciences, June 2, 2005, Prepared by Peter Wagner and Eric Lotke, and Andrew Beveridge
Census counts of prisoners distort decision making on crime policy by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, June 1, 2005
Partners in Justice: A Colloquium on Developing Collaborations Among Courts, Law School Clinical Programs and the Practicing Bar [PDF] Background Information About Offender Re-Entry and the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions, by New York State Judicial Institute, May 9, 2005
Men's capital of U.S. - Colorado, by Fenando Quintero, Rocky Mountain News, April 21, 2005
Pennsylvania voting rules explain prisoner residence by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 18, 2005
Request to move trial denied; Judge reject jury pool doubts, by Diane Struzzi, Hartford Courant, April 16, 2005
Zoe Gottlieb takes prisoner-census analysis to southern states by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 11, 2005
Pace Law Review: Prisoners of the Census: Electoral and Financial Consequences by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 5, 2005
Prisoners of the Census: Electoral and Financial Consequences of Counting Prisoners Where They Go, Not Where They Come From [PDF] by Eric Lotke and Peter Wagner, Pace Law Review, Volume 24, Number 2, Spring 2004 (Published April 2005)
Report: No reliable data on private prison savings, by Ryan J. Stanton, Northwest Explorer (ExplorerNews.com, AZ) March 30, 2005
Skewing Democracy: Where the Census Counts Prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 28, 2005
How not to consolidate, Richland News Press (VA), March 22, 2005
Frequent transfers mean that prison is not a residence by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 21, 2005
92% of New York’s prison cells are in disproportionately White Assembly districts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 14, 2005
House OKs congressional map, Macon Telegraph, March 11, 2005
Georgia’s proposed congressional districts may violate One Person One Vote principle by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 7, 2005
Who should count Auburn's prisoners? By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Citizen (Auburn, NY) Feb 28, 2005
New York proposes to fix the Census distortion by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 28, 2005
Census miscounts prisoners, dilutes urban voting power by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 21, 2005
Miscounting Prisoners: The New Three-Fifths Clause (Part 1) by Benjamin T. Greenberg, HungryBlues, February 15, 2005
Felon Disenfranchisement and the VRA by NAACP Legal Defense Fund, February 15, 2005
Illinois bill reflects growing frustration with Census counts of prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 14, 2005
New research on Nevada, Montana, and Idaho: How the census is watering down the voting power of some communities by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 7, 2005
Federal appeals court urged to consider census-based dilution of minority voting strength when weighing legality of prisoner disenfranchisement scheme by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 31, 2005
How the census gives Wise County a break, by Christopher Muller (op-ed) Roanoke Times, January 30, 2005
Brief Amici Curiae In Support Of Plaintiff-Appellant Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, a/k/a/ Anthony Bottom, Urging Reversal Of The District Court On Behalf Of National Voting Rights Institute and Prison Policy Initiative, January 28, 2005
Not-So-Fun House, by Patriotically Incorrect, January 28, 2005
Eric Cadora shows how incarceration is concentrated in particular Brooklyn neighborhoods by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 24, 2005
Prison inmates, Republican constituents by Andrew M. Cuomo (op-ed), Albany Times Union, January 18, 2005
98% of New York’s prison cells are in disproportionately White Senate districts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 17, 2005
15% of one Montana district’s population is prisoners; largest vote dilution yet seen by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 10, 2005
Out-of-state inmate population drops below 100, by Associated Press, January 8, 2005
Judge in Westchester voting recount says homeless shelter can, but jail cannot, be a residence by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 3, 2005
More clout (editorial) Great Falls Tribune (Montana), January 1, 2005
State Sentencing Policy and New Prison Admissions, by Ben Trachtenberg, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 38 U. Mich. J.L. Ref. 479 (Winter 2005)

2004

Why Some Politicians Need Their Prisons to Stay Full Editorial Observer Column by Brent Staples, New York Times, December 27, 2004
Counting criminals, by Brad Tyer, Missoula Independent (MT), December 23, 2004
Prisons: Will boom ever come to end?, by Ronald Fraser, op-ed, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), December 20, 2004
Census Bureau’s method of counting prisoners steals political clout from Las Vegas and Reno by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 20, 2004
Census prison count boosts political clout of rural areas, by Kirsten Searer, Las Vegas Sun, December 16, 2004
Study: Census count of inmates boosts rural Nevada clout, by Associated Press and appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, December 16, 2004
Quirk in census counts helps rural Nevada, by KRNV TV-4, December 15, 2004
Census quirk aids rural counties with prisoners, by Brendan Riley, Associated Press, appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal, and the San Francisco Chronicle on December 14, 2004; in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on December 17, 2004 and in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza on December 19, 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Nevada by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative and Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, December 15, 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Montana by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative, December 14, 2004
New tool allows researchers to find correctional facilities in Census data by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 13, 2004
Census prison quirk dilutes democracy in Idaho by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 6, 2004
Feasibility of using administrative records or personal surveys to enumerate people in correctional facilities [PDF], Peter Wagner and Eric Lotke (memorandum), December 6, 2004
Prisoner Enumeration And The "Usual Residence" Rule In Southern States [1.9M PDF] by Zoe Gottlieb, December 2004
A changing country needs a changing census by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 29, 2004
Prisoners and the Census, by Eric Lotke (letter) New York Times, November 26, 2004
The good, the bad and the icky of the prison biz, by Marlene Lang, [Wisconsin] Portage Daily Register, November 27, 2004
Jailhouse Blues New York Times Editorial Board, November 22, 2004
Prisons become a growth industry in New York, by Ronald Fraser (op-ed), Buffalo News, November 21, 2004
Loving those state prisons, by Ronald Fraser, op-ed, Alternet, November 17, 2004
Kansas loves prisons, by Ronald Fraser, op-ed, The Wichita Eagle (KS), November 17, 2004
Prisoners for Profit: The growth industry of jailing people makes legal reform unlikely, by Ronald Fraser, op-ed, The Day (New London, CT), November 14, 2004
Prisoners in the census dilute democracy in South Dakota by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 15, 2004
New Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Montana by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 14, 2004
Prisoners of the Census by Jordan Smith, Austin Chronicle, November 12, 2004
Where prisoners 'live' is a question of power Counting prisoners as residents of rural counties robs cities of clout, money and services, some say, by Asher Price, Austin American-Statesman, November 8, 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Texas by Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer, Prison Policy Initiative, November 8, 2004
Waupun police answer questions from citizens, by Colleen Kottke, The Reporter (Fond du Lac, WI) November 2, 2004
State officials tell counties to exclude prison populations from county level redistricting by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 1, 2004
Incarcerated People and the Census: Painting a Distorted Picture of Virginia [PDF] by Patricia Allard and Chris Muller, Brennan Center for Justice, October 27, 2004
Students and prisoners: Census should not count them the same by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 25, 2004
Young people leave area, by Kate York, Marietta Times, October 23, 2004
Public rightly insists that that federal prison be excluded from new California county’s districts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 18, 2004
Pekin hosts first diversity forum, by John Sharp, Peoria Journal Star, October 16, 2004
Supervisor districts sketched for split, by Erin Carlyle, Santa Maria Times, October 12, 2004
Census data asks: Where are the Hispanic children? But it’s the wrong question. by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 11, 2004
The economic gravy train of the prison system, by Ronald Fraser (op-ed), Amerillo Globe News (TX), October 10, 2004
Actual Constituents: Students and Political Clout in New York by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative, October 6, 2004
Census expert Prof. Persily suggests allowing data users to decide where prisoners should be counted. by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 4, 2004
Lebanon steeped in history, by Leigh Allan, Dayton Daily News, September 28, 2004
Head count: The Census counts prisoners as residents of the towns where they're incarcerated. One crusading lawyer from Northampton thinks this little clerical matter is a big problem for American democracy, by Drake Bennett, Boston Globe, September 26, 2004
Democracy in America and Elsewhere, Part II: Recent Global Trends Toward Democracy, by James S. Henry, Submerging Markets, September 25, 2004
Most of New York State’s prison cells are in Republican Assembly Districts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 20, 2004
Counting prisoners at home would not share problems seen in Overseas Americans test enumeration by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 13, 2004
Census' cell count steals voting power by Emily Bazelon and Peter Wagner, Newsday, September 8, 2004
Rural citizens call for change in how Census counts prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 6, 2004
New lines being drawn in split plan, by Nora K. Wallace, News-Press (Santa Barbara, CA) September 1, 2004
Yes in My Backyard, by Jason Cohen, Texas Monthly, September 2004, p. 94.
Temporary populations change the political face of New York; 98% of NY’s prison cells are in Republican Senate Districts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 30, 2004
Legislative districts belong to the people, not the politicians by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 23, 2004
Skippack: No need for township police, by Alison Dickman, The Reporter, (Lansdale, PA) August 16, 2004
Rural Pennsylvania invests in prisons, but not for their own residents by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 16, 2004
World’s largest jail skews voting power in controversial New York district by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 9, 2004
Past Imperfect: Doing Time by Professor William Jelani Cobb, Africana.com, August 2, 2004
Border districts hang in the balance of Census counting decisions by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 2, 2004
Redistricting Matters: Small changes in the boundary lines mean huge electoral effects by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 26, 2004
Texas bill shows states could correct Census counts of prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 19, 2004
Census shorts urban population Prisoner relocation skews census stats for large Ohio cities, by Adam Cook, The Lantern (Ohio State University), July 15, 2004.
Report: Prisoner census causes cities to lose political clout to rural areas, by Greg Wright, The Marion Star (Ohio), July 14, 2004
Marion officials don't notice any increase in political clout, by Kurt Moore, The Marion Star (Ohio), July 14, 2004
Census Bureau Policy Costs Ohio’s Cities Political Power by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 12, 2004
Report: Prisoner census causes cities to lose political clout to rural areas, by Greg Wright, Gannett News Service, Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio), July 7, 2004
Inmate count hurts urban counties Part of population recorded in rural areas, study says, by Aaron Powell Jr., Dayton Daily News, July 7, 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Ohio by Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer, Prison Policy Initiative, July 6, 2004
Census: Meriden population sluggish, by Martin J. Waters, Record-Journal (CT), July 6, 2004
Census Bureau Policy Costs Ohio’s Cities Population by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 5, 2004
Call your cell a residence?: Do not pass “GO”, go directly to …. by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, June 28, 2004
NH growth has shifted to the north and west, by Jeanne Morris, Union Leader, June 27, 2004.
Signs of Growth Abound, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie Journal, June 24, 2004.
The Republican means, by Jerome Armstrong, MyDD, June 23, 2004
14th Amendment is an unintended casualty of Census Bureau’s method of counting prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, June 21, 2004
Prison town legislators represent prisoners’ interests? Not quite. by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, June 14, 2004
Local officials tell prisoners: “You don’t live here” by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, June 7, 2004
Home is where the cell is? Only to the Census Bureau by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, May 31, 2004
Census’ transfer of incarcerated population creates legislative stalemate in New York by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, May 24, 2004
Counting prisoners in Wisconsin by Youssef Sawan & Kristian Knutsen, The Wisconsinite, June 22, 2004
The prison effect on political landscape, by Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman (op-ed), Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 2004
Three ways to fix Census counting problem by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, May 17, 2004
Why are so many Native Hawaiians incarcerated in Minnesota? by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, May 10, 2004
Isle inmates on mainland keep moving farther away; Transferring prisoners saves the state money but disconnects them from their families, by Ron Staton, Star Bulletin (Honolulu, HI), May 16, 2004
California's gulag archipelago, by Peter Schrag (op-ed), Alameda Times Star (CA) May 9, 2004
Understanding Our Nation's New Prison Landscape by Kirsten Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice, May 7, 2004
Disenfranchising Felons Hurts Entire Communities [PDF] by Marc Mauer, Focus (Joint Center on Political and Economic Studies, Wash. D.C.) May/June 2004
Outdated methodology impairs Census Bureau’s count of Black population by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, May 3, 2004
Study Tracks Boom in Prisons and Notes Impact on Counties, By Fox Butterfield, New York Times, April 30, 2004
Prisons Skew Census Data, Report Says, by Neely Tucker, Washington Post, April 30, 2004, page A9.
Ohio No. 4 in prison construction by Greg Wright, Gannett News Service. April 29, 2004
The New Landscape of Imprisonment: Mapping America's Prison Expansion by Sarah Lawrence and Jeremy Travis, Urban Institute, April 29, 2004
Prison expansion made 56 counties with declining populations appear to be growing in Census 2000 by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 26, 2004
Cashing In On Crime: The Prison Industrial Complex Part III, by Randall Shelden, Z Magazine, April 22, 2004
Journalist Alan Elsner’s new book on criminal justice system calls for changing Census by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 22, 2004
Twenty one counties have twenty one percent of their population in prisons and jails by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 19, 2004
Too big to ignore: How counting people in prisons distorted Census 2000, by Rose Heyer and Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative, April 13, 2004
The distortion of Census data caused by counting people in prisons is “Too Big To Ignore” by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 12, 2004
Accuracy Counts: Incarcerated People and the Census, Patricia Allard and Kirsten D. Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice, April 8, 2004
Census estimates: Missouri's suburban boom continues, by Scott Charton, Kansas City Star, April 8, 2004
How Census Bureau counts prisoners undercounts Michigan’s cities by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, April 5, 2004
Convictions and doubts: retribution, representation, and the debate over felon disenfranchisement, by Pamela S. Karlan, 56 Stan L Rev 1147 (April 2004)
Census counts of prisoners stymie Arizona’s efforts to create equally sized districts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 29, 2004
Miscounting prisoners complicates Census portrait of New Jersey by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 22, 2004
Census counts of prisoners shift population in California by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 15, 2004
Forty out of forty legislators agree: Prisoners incarcerated in my district are not really my constituents by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 8, 2004
Changing how prisoners are counted will not require a change in how college students are counted by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 1, 2004
It's More Profitable to Treat the Disease than to Prevent it: Why the Prison Industrial Complex Needs Crime [PDF], by Randall G. Shelden, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, April 2004.
Saving society, one life at a time, New York Daily News, March 14, 2004
Forty out of forty legislators agree: Prisoners incarcerated in my district are not really my constituents by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 8, 2004
Prisoners: North Country Residents? by David Sommerstein, North County Public Radio (New York), March 5, 2004 (transcript)
Last two housing units of Bonnet Terre prison open, Teresa Ressel, Daily Journal (Johnson County, Indiana) March 4, 2004
Franklin County goes against state, U.S. practice by excluding prisoners from redistricting census, by Itai M. Maytal, Watertown Daily Times, March 3, 2004
Changing how prisoners are counted will not require a change in how college students are counted by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, March 1, 2004
Counting Matters: Prison inmates, population bases, and "one person, one vote", by Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, 11 Va J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 229 (Winter, 2004)
Counting prisoners in prison towns can burden local government by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 23, 2004
Prisoners distort democracy in St. Lawrence County by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 16, 2004
Similarities in counting overseas Americans and counting prisoners at home by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 9, 2004
Jenkins: No plans to challenge county, by Chris Knight, WNBZ (Saranac Lake, NY) February 3, 2004
Where did the Census Bureau count 44,326 New York City prisoners? by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, February 2, 2004
Imprisoned In New York, by Andrew Beveridge, Gotham Gazette, February 2004
Savannah gains 1,500 residents after challenging census count, by Associated Press, January 26, 2004
Fear of “unwieldy” rural districts in Florida should not have led to dilution of one person one vote principle by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 26, 2004
Census count helps postpone drug reform in New York by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 19, 2004
Prisoner count skews Illinois population by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 12, 2004
Federal court strikes down Georgia legislative districting plan by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 11, 2004
Concern for prisoner-count based skew of democracy dates back to at least 1963 by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 5, 2004
UPenn Law Review: Defying one-person, one-vote: Prisoners and the “Usual residence” principle by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, January 2, 2004
Down for the (Re)count The Census counts prisoners in their cells, not their neighborhoods. Now a move is afoot to change their addresses. By Matthew Schuerman, City Limits, January 2004.

2003

Increasingly rural Illinois prisons dilute Chicago’s political power by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 29, 2003
New Franklin County Districts Divide Bombay, Akwesasne, by Brian Mann, North Country Public Radio (New York), December 31, 2003
Letter to the editor, by Eric Lotke, The Nation, December 29, 2003
Prof. Karlan: Underpopulated rural districts use prisoners as “inert ballast” to gain population by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 27, 2003
“Home of record” would be a more accurate “home address” than the prison town by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 22, 2003
Racist Felony Disenfranchisement by Paul Street, ZNet.org, December 16, 2003
If prisoners could vote, they would vote at home, not in the prison town by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 15, 2003
Prior to 1990 Census, prisoners were not explicitly excluded from Census counts by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 8, 2003
Counting urban prisoners as rural residents counts out democracy in New York Senate by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, December 1, 2003
The political consequences of racist felony disenfranchisement, by Paul Street, Black Commentator, December 2003
Women's prison skews census in Monroe, Summers, by Dave Gustafson, Charleston Gazette (WV), November 30, 2003
Counting Inmates: Population may play role in new redistricting plan, by Doug Buchananon, Malone Telegram (NY), November 29, 2003
Redrawn districts examined in Federal trial, by Susan Saulny, New York Times, November 25, 2003, p. B8.
Thanks, but no thanks, by Teresa Mednez, Christian Science Monitor, November 25, 2003
Census nails down final Fishkill count, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal, November 24, 2003
CG, Pinal bom in 2-plus years, by Harold Kitching, Casa Grande Valley Newspaper (AZ) November 24, 2003
Disenfranchised urban prisoners are not rural constituents by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 24, 2003
Kansas proves adjusting Census is possible by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 17, 2003
States are not required to use the federal census by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 10, 2003
Usual residence rule has been modified for other special populations and can be changed for prisoners too by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, November 3, 2003
Rosanna M. Taormina, Defying one-person, one-vote: Prisoners and the "Usual residence" principle, [PDF] University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Nov 2003. 152 U Pa L. Rev. 431.
Prisoner counts skew local gender and marriage statistics by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 27, 2003
Where the boys are -- behind bars, by Greg Wright, Fremont News Messenger (Ohio), October 22, 2003
County of conviction and prisoner residence by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 20, 2003
Sheridan [Illinois] anxious for facility to reopen, by Associated Press, October 13 2003
A repugnant flashback? by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 13, 2003
Prisoner-staff racial disparity shows need for Census reform by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, October 6, 2003
Cities with large prisons: Counting prisoners as residents dilutes democracy in Mansfield Ohio by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 29, 2003
One Size Does not Fit All: Why the Census Bureau Should Change the Way it Counts Prisoners [PDF] by Patricia Allard, Molly Biklen and Kirsten Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice, October 2003
An Expense They Can't Afford, Prisoners relatives bemoan cost of calls, by Zachary B. Dowdy, Newsday, September 22, 2003
Prisoners skew local rural redistricting too by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 22, 2003
Bogus data pumps up the rural population by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 15, 2003
Call your cell a residence?: Do not pass “GO”, go directly to …. by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 8, 2003
Buying the prisoner count in Minnesota by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, September 1, 2003
Ballot boxes behind bars: Toward the repeal of prisoner disenfranchisement laws [PDF], by Debora Parkes, Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review, Fall 2003
“Residents” not by choice but by Census policy by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 25, 2003
Unlike much of upstate, valley gained population, by Erika Rosenberg, Gannett News Service, August 24, 2003
Study: Prisons trigger growth, by Erica Rosenberg, Utica Observer-Dispatch, August 24, 2003
Influx of criminals boosts population, by James T. Mulder, Syracuse Post-Standard, August 24, 2003
Upstate's outlook mostly murky, by Erika Rosenberg, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, August 24, 2003
Upstate New York's Population Plateau: The Third-Slowest Growing 'State', by Rolf Pendall, Brookings Institution, August 2003
State prisoners included in final census numbers, Aberdeen News (Northeastern South Dakota), August 21, 2003
Constitution allows states to correct for Census misallocations of prisoners by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 18, 2003
Census gives inmates back to Fishkill, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie Journal, August 17, 2003
Baltimore supplies the prisoners, but doesn’t get the prisons by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 11, 2003
Pekin hopes to leave Chinks, Klan behind, by John Sharp, Journal Star (Illinois), August 6, 2003
Pekin unveils promotional materials, TV commercial, by John Sharp, Journal Star (Illinois), August 5, 2003
Counting prisoners as prison-town residents leads to “misleading” conclusions about growth by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, August 4, 2003
Schumer urges Census to correct under-count of population of Romulus so town will be entitled to more funds, Senator Charles Schumer press release, August 1, 2003
Rural areas have 20% of population, but 60% of new prisons by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 28, 2003
Planners contest census count, by Brad Branan, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, July 24, 2003
Brent is booming, behind iron bars, by Jeff Hansen, Birmingham News, July 18, 2003
Census: Blufton booming, by Marty Toohey, IslandPacketOnline (Bluffton, SC), July 14, 2003
Valleys are still losing people, by JoAnne Viviano, The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), July 14, 2003
Park Hills population growth higher than any other city in the county, by Nick Barron, Daily Journal (Farmington, MO) July 11, 2003
Tax backers blame defeat on low turnout, by James Minton, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) July 22, 2003
Prisoners are not the only temporarily absent population that intends to return home by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 22, 2003
Even behind bars, hope can shine through, by Lewis W. Diugold, Kansas City Star, July 16, 2003
Putting the state off-balance by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 13, 2003
Prisons and votes, by Ludovic Blain, Newsday, July 6, 2003, p. A21
The Census? Hardly the last word, by Associated Press, New York Times, July 6, 2003
Lost population-based revenue is a hidden cost of incarcerating prisoners out-of-state by Peter Wagner, Prisoners of the Census blog, July 6, 2003
County commission pondering new redistricting propsoals, by Eric Swanson, Dodge City Globe (Kansas), July 4, 2003
Business Express: Survival in a small town, by Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, May 31, 2003
Counting inmates in census will boost town's budget, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 24, 2003, p. 13
Cheshire council unanimously OKs redistricting plan, by Luis R. Perez, New Haven Register, May 16, 2003
Census corrects Summers population; The persistence of a county commissioner has resulted in a population increase for Summers County, by Annette Fox, Register-Herald, May 5, 2003
Census chief to hear Fishkill appeal, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie Journal, May 4, 2003, p. 1B
Arrival of prisoners causes state census numbers to spike, by Scott Charton, Daily Dunkin Democrat (Missouri), April 20, 2003
Census stats give Green some dubious distinctions, by Fred Johnsen, Daily Freeman (NY), April 6, 2003
Prisoners shift costs in Thomaston, Warren, by Leanne Robicheau, Bangor Daily News, April 5, 2003, p. C2
Fishkill fights inmate count in census; Town would lose $85,000 in taxes, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie Journal, April 9, 2003
Fishkill may lose cash with prisoners, by Elizabeth Lynch and Karl Rabe, Poughkeepsie Journal, March 26, 2003, p. 1B
Inmate population could boost census info; Washington Park seeks more funding, by Robert Goodrich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 17, 2003, p. 1
Census shifts prisoners to Beacon Fishkill loses 2,256 in population, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie Journal, March 16, 2003
Task force takes inmates out of equation, by Deborah Clemans, The Daily Mail (Catskill, NY), February 25, 2003, p. A1, A10
Savannah approves census challenge, by Associated Press, Augusta Chronicle, February 22, 2003
Inmate headcount stands -- for now, by Sean Springer, The Greenville Press (Greene County, NY), February 20, 2003, p. 1, 18
Felons and the Right to Vote by Juan Cartagena, Janai Nelson and Joan Gibbs, Gotham Gazette February 17, 2003
Supervisor submits redistricting plans, by Deborah Clemans, The Daily Mail (Catskill, NY), February 15, 2003, p. A1, A10
In reapportionment, Greene County not excluded from inmate headcount debate, by Sean Springer, The Greenville Press (Greene County, NY), February 13, 2003, p. 1, 20
Prison population still an issue, by Fred Johnsen, Daily Freeman (NY), February 5, 2003
Lawmaker presents new plan for districts, by Deborah Clemans, The Daily Mail (Catskill, NY), February 5, 2003, p. A1, A3
Legislature remapping criticized, by William Kemble, Daily Freeman (New York), January 29, 2003
Evangeline seeks census without inmates, by Andrew Griffin, Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), January 27, 2003, p. 4A
Locked up, then counted out: Prisoners and the census, by Peter Wagner, Fortune News, Winter 2002-2003
The Big-House Blues, by Charles Cottman, Philadelphia Daily News, [date unknown, approx March 2003]

2002

Taxpayers before wards, by Linda Martz, Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, OH), November 26, 2002, p. 6A
City council realigns ward boundaries, by Linda Martz, Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, OH), November 19, 2002, p. 8A
Meet the neighbors; Census website offers loads of information, by Matt Scallan, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), November 16, 2002, p. 1
Area's prison ranks surge ahead of rest of population, by Tom Aikens and Debra Erdley [Pittsburgh] Tribune-Review, November 7, 2002
Voters deny it, but race my affect McCall's chances, by Tom Precious, Buffalo News, October 20, 2002. p. A1
Building a prison economy in rural America by Tracy Huling in Invisible Punishment. October, 2002.
Diluting democracy: Census quirk fuels prison expansion, [PDF], by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative, October 2002
The Prison Boom By Sasha Abramsky, Gotham Gazette August 19, 2002
Census Bureau finds misplaced prison in Wise County; Agency recently corrected population counts for 9 places in VA, by Ray Reed, Roanoke Times, June 15, 2002, p. B3
How the U.S prison system makes minority communities pay, by Zachary Dowdy, Crisis Magazine, July/August 2002
Highwood wants its $77,000; neighbor says don't count on it, by Amanda Vogt, Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2002, p. 5
Splitsville's Sad Song: 'I Said I Do but Now I Don't' by Sara Rimer, New York Times, June 7, 2002, p. A20
Just Call This Town Splitsville; South Salt Lake leads the state in percentage of divorced people; Singles Find a Haven In South Salt Lake, by Vince Horiuchi, The Salt Lake Tribune, June 9, 2002, p. B1
Income drop fails to deter businesses, by Indraneel Sur, Hartford Courant, June 3, 2002, p. B3
Harvard study points to segregation in suburbs, by Tom Walsh, Boston Herald, May 31, 2002, p. 1
Missouri Attorney General's Opinion 65-2002
St. Lawrence redistricting foes to appeal court ruling, by Matt Guardino, Watertown Daily Times, April 27, 2002
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in New York, Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative, April 22, 2002.
Testimony before the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, Peter Wagner, March 14, 2002. Prepared testimony available in HTML or PDF format. Or read the Transcript
Minority Prison Inmates Skew Local Populations as States Redistrict by Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service, March 12, 2002
When criminals pay off, by Associated Press, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), March 9, 2002, p. A2
New jail adds up to revenue for township, by Jason Cody, Times Herald (Port Huron, MI), February 24, 2002, P. 1A
Remap plan excludes private prison inmates, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), February 21, 2002, p. 3B
Sprawling for prisoners, by Robert Whiteside, Harpers Magazine, February 21, 2002, p. 88
Sterling ponders SCF count in redistricting plan, by Forrest Hershberger, Sterling (Colorado) Journal-Advocate, February 16, 2002, p. 1
Commission approves new district lines, by Robert Blankenship, Brewton Standard, February 7, 2002
Mayor wants inmates in census count, by Bartholomew Sullivan, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), February 7, 2002, p. B2
Suit filed to disregard prison in remap plan, by Acadiana Bureau, the Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), February 6, 2002
Suit disputes redrawn lines; Basile residents contest process, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), February 5, 2002, p. 3B, 1B
Census misplaces prison, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 5, 2002, p. D5
Census was better than ever this time, by Clark Billings, The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), January 5, 2002
Prisons have brought new level of prosperity to Bee County, by Carlos Guerra, San Antonio Express-News, January 3, 2002, p. 1B
Big house on the prairie; Despite protests by some, small-town leaders have sought out prisons as economic saviors. Both the critics' deepest fears and the boosters' highest hopes are likely to go unfulfilled, FedGazette, January 2002
Inmate enumeration methods and legislative districting in the United States, by Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, unpublished manuscript, January 2002.
2000 Census helps prisoners escape from Hempfield Twp. to Youngwood by By Tom Aikens Pittsburg Tribune Review, undated

2001

Who counts? To be fair with federal funding, federal census must be accurate, (editorial) Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard, December 27, 2001
Cities challenge census counts in dorms, prisons; Wrong addresses translate into less revenue, officials say, by Associated Press, December 21, 2001
Communities claim 2000 census counted people in wrong locations, by Associated Press, Chattanooga Times, December 21, 2001, p. A12
Referendum Supporters Hope to Exclude Prisoners in Redistricting Count. by Jody Tosti, North County Public Radio (New York) December 14, 2001
Prison profits replace a waning coal-mining industry; residents hope the prison will boost employment in the coalfields of Virginia, by Laurence Hammack, The Roanoke Times, December 9, 2001, p. A1
Inmate miscount flubs census; zero prisoners were counted in Wise County, home of Wallens Ridge and Red Onion, by Ray Reed, Roanoke Times, December 8, 2001, p. B1
Census errors may affect city districts in N.Y., by Peter Lin, Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 2001
Prisoner undercount undercuts coffers, at $70 per inmate in tax revenue, the census error must be fixed, cities say, by Dorothy Korber, Sacramento Bee, December 4, 2001
The Upstate-Downstate Debate by Kevin Strouse and Mark Berkey-Gerard, Gotham Gazette, December 4, 2000
Competing for prisons, by Marc Mauer, New York Times, December 3, 2001, p. A18
Not down for the big count, by Hubert Herring, New York Times, December 2, 2001, section 4, page 2.
Bradbury gives court new map on redistricting, by Lisa Grace Lednicer, The Oregonian, November 29, 2001, p. B7
Census said to misplace many prisons and dorms, by Janny Scott, New York Times, November 28, 2001, p. A16
Sing Sing behind bars -- sand bars, according to census; Map error ties prison to census tract that sits in Hudson river, by Michael Gannon, Journal News (Westchester County, NY), November 24, 2001, p. 10B
[Oregon] Reapportionment may vary from census figures, National Law Journal, November 5, 2001, p. B7.
Bradbury will hear ideas on redistricting fix, by Lisa Grace Lednicer, The Oregonian, November 3, 2001, p. E2
Oregon Supreme Court approves legislative redistricting plan, by David Steves, Register Guard, October 19, 2001
Bradbury's redistricting plan upheld by justices, by Lisa Grace Lednicer, The Oregonian, October 19, 2001, p. A1
Redistricting proposal fails to satisfy Supreme Court, by Lisa Grace Lednicer, The Oregonian, October 16, 2001, p. B1
Census miscalculates prisoners, college students, by William Fulton and Christopher Williamson, California Planning and Development Report, October 1, 2001, p. 11
Census undercount protests filed; 45 counties, cities lodge complaints, by David Olinger, Denver Post, September 11, 2001, p. B1
Going to extremes, by Coleman Warner and Matt Scallan, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), September 3, 2001, p. 1
Census count of inmates can skew voting outcomes, by Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman (letter), Indianapolis Star, August 29, 2001, p. A19
Newsworthy and thistle-worthy, (editorial) The Des Moines Register, August 25, 2001, p. 10
Population decreases; inmates were omitted, Des Moines Register, August 24, 2001, p. 2
Full employment prisons, (editorial) New York Times, August 23, 2001, p. A18
A growth industry cools as New York prisons thin, by David Rohde, New York Times, August 21, 2001, p. A1
Decatur: City of Prisons, by Mitch Chase, Decatur Daily (AL), August 20, 2001
Prison population caused census boost, State Journal-Regester (Springfield, IL), August 12, 2001, p. 19
Annexing the penitentiary Crime pays: Since Census counts convicts, some towns can't get enough---federal and state funds tied to total population help Florence, Ariz., rebuild, by Nicholas Kulish, The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2001
Census correction expected next year, by Associated Press, Charleston Gazette, August 7, 2001, p. 2C
Rural towns turn to prisons to reignite their economies, by Peter Kilborn, New York Times, August 1, 2001
Where the Boys Are - and Aren't by Donald W. Bogie, Montgomery Advertiser
No reason to shift inmate census count, (editorial), Indianapolis Star, July 23, 2001, p. 6A
Buckeye wants 3,400 state inmates counted as residents, by Connie Cone Sexton, Arizona Republic, July 17, 2001, p. 1B
Prisoners skew count by yield benefits: Counting inmates as part of population has brought funds -- and a debate over methods, by Jennifer Wagner, Indianapolis Star, July 15, 2001, p. B1
Counties attempting to fix census errors, by Elizabeth Lynch, Poughkeepsie Journal, July 15, 2001
Prisons spur population growth, by John Bonfatti, Buffalo News, July 9, 2001, p. A1
Residents vanished, according to census error at apartments for seniors raises accuracy questions, by Marc Davis, Virginian Pilot, June 27, 2001, p. A1
Madera County supervisors tweak district boundaries, by Charles McCarthy, Fresno Bee, June 26, 2001, p. B1
Redistricting to count federal inmates, by Scott Hadly, News-Press (Santa Barbara, CA) June 20, 2001
Census finds St. Cloud prison empty; Bureau glitch misplacing some residents of 'group living quarters', by David Peterson, Star Tribune (Minneapolis MN), June 19, 2001 p. 1A
'Missing' prison in the right place; 3,297 inmates are found on the Madera County census map, by Charles McCarthy, The Fresno Bee, June 13, 2001, p. B3.
Corcoran, Visalia dispute population, City officials say an undercount could cost them, by Kerri Ginis and Lewis Griswold, The Fresno Bee, June 4, 2001, p. A1.
Gardner excludes prison inmates from political map, by Mary Jo Hill, Worcester Telegram and Gazette, June 5, 2001 p. B4.
Prisoners in middle of political fray: Supervisors grapple over whether to count 3,500 Lompoc inmates in 3rd District, by Scott Hadly, News-Press (Santa Barbara, CA) May 30, 2001
Doing time is money for prison towns, by Susan Smith, Austin American-Statesman, May 30, 2001
Mistakes in census expensive, Errors in counting convicts could cost local areas millions, by Gordon Trowbridge, Detroit News, May 29, 2001, p. 1
Census error stalls redistricting plans: Soledad state prison inmates misplaced, by Larry Parsons, The Californian, May 29, 2001.
Census slip-up shouldn't have big impact here: 7,000 prisoners may help Soledad's count, though, by Larry Parsons, The Californian, May 29, 2001.
Census error leaves city low: Prison Inmates accidentally put in Salinas, by Larry Parsons, The Californian, May 29, 2001.
More iving inside institutions; Prison population boom in 1990s, by Gaiutra Bahudur, Austin American-Statesman, May 25, 2001
An accurate count? Misallocations seen in rural areas of state, by John Bonfatti, Buffalo News, May 22, 2001, p. A1
Misplaced prisons drag down census, by John Kohlstrand, Democrat and Chronicle, May 22, 2001.
Inmates add big numbers to rural towns, by Shaun Schafer, Tulsa World, May 18, 2001
Bill would label jails low-income housing, by Rick Klein, Boston Globe, May 16, 2001, p. A1
Officials think Census missed 7,500 in Stafford, by Janel Marshall, Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) May 12, 2001
Pryce asks census to correct prison error, by Steve Smith, Madison Press, May 2, 2001
Losing at the numbers game: Census figures cost town of Harvard, by Cindy Rodriguez, Boston Globe, April 28, 2001, p. B1.
Were schools and prisons miscounted?, by Holly Zachariah, Columbus Dispatch, April 22, 2001, p.1C
Prison population skews census degree of diversity in Cayuga County count is not evident on the streets, by Dave Tobin, Post-Standard, April 18, 2001
Census methods result in inflated populations for rural Colorado [PDF], by Colorado Prison Moratorium Coalition, April 9, 2001.
Prison Blues: How the census fuels the explosion of prison cells and medieval drug laws, by Andrew Friedman, Feed Magazine, April 3, 2001
Census counts of prison populations benefit rural areas and take away from inner cities, by Michelle Garcia, Marketplace, April 2, 2001
Prisons hold the key to population puzzle, by Kera Ritter, Plain Dealer, March 22, 2001, p. A11
Census figures say 834 blacks live there. Where are they? Troutdale perplexed by phenomenal growth numbers, by A.W. Hauslohner, Roanoke Times, March 28 2001
Felon's rights vary by state, by Ed Timms, Dallas Morning News, March 18, 2001, p. 53A
Prisons may influence racial composition of area towns, by Jessica Aberle, Peoria Journal Star, March 16, 2001
Unfree, non-voting and all over Texas, (editorial) Austin American-Statesman, March 14, 2001
Legislators brace for altered districts in wake of Census by Scott MacKay, Providence Journal-Bulletin, March 12, 2001.
Growth secret: Inmates or students by Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 12, 2001
Affordable housing fight looms, by Thomas Grillo, Boston Globe, March 4, 2001, p. H1.
Locking Up the Vote by Lani Guinier, American Prospect, March 2001
Census seen as captive to jail population, loophole said to skew funds by Cindy Rodriguez, Boston Globe, January 26, 2001, p. A2
Wenona makes case for prison tonight, by M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) January 18, 2001
City looks to lock up growth, Residents unite behind prison big, by Michael Freimann, The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) January 17, 2001
Ex-Utahn defends decision by bureau that cost state seat, by Elyse Hayes, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), January 10, 2001, p. A1
Leavitt may challenge Census count, may ask for Missionaries to be included in count, by Joe Baird, Salt Lake Tribune, January 6, 2001, p. A1

2000

Where do prisoners live: Do taxpayers have a valid legal claim for lost federal funds resulting from the Census Bureau's enumeration standard pertaining to prisoenrs?, by Elizabeth D. Mehling, University of Toledo Law Review, Fall 2000. 32 U. Tol. L. Rev 47.
Prison Math: Thanks to census, big money comes to small towns, by Meleah Maynard, City Pages, October 25, 2000.
Building a boom behind bars; Prisons revive small towns, but costs are emerging, by Lynne Duke, Washington Post, September 8, 2000.
Census dollars bring bounty to prison towns, by Molly Dugan, The Chicago Reporter, July/August 2000
Prisoner Nation; prisons skew census results, by Beverly Gage, The Nation, July 17, 2000, p. 5.
One Community's Lawbreakers Are Another's Growth Industry, by Matthew Purdy, The New York Times, June 25, 2000, p. 25
Even prisoners counted in Census, by Asosciated Press, Deseret News (Salt Lake City), May 22, 2000
Prisoners of the Census by Tracy Huling, Mojo Wire, May 10, 2000
Prison cities cash in on Census 2000, by about.com, May 1, 2000
Counties with new prisons see census counts swell, by Associated Press, April 24, 2000
Cell count: Census forms receive mixed reception at state, county jails, by Annette Kondo, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2000, page B1.
Inmates boost local coffers; Census counts inmates as upstate residents so extra state, federal aid stays here, by Jon Hand, Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), April 13, 2000
Shipping Prisoners Could Cut State's Census Count, by Agnes Diggs, The Advocate (Stamford, CT) April 10, 2000
Prisoners to be part of census by Associated Press with Liz Everett, Globe-News (Amarillo, TX), April 4, 2000
Cities counting on inmate census, by Dorothy Korber, Sacramento Bee, April 30, 2000
Inmates add to census, by M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) April 20, 2000
Asking 'stupid' questions: Inmates criticize census forms as irrelevant to prison situation, Tina A. Brown, Hartford Courant, April 4, 2000, p. B7
Headcount comes to prisons, by John Christoffersen, Associated Press, April 4, 2000
Census time: Will the felon please rise, by Clyde Haberman, New York Times, April 4, 2000
Prisoner count tips census scales, funds don't go to their hometowns. by Zachary Dowdy, Newsday, April 3, 2000, pA6.
Census takers to tally state's inmates, by Claire Vitucci, Press Enterpreise (Riverside, CA), April 1, 2000
Locked up in the Census Count, (op-ed) by Tracy Huling and Marc Mauer, Chicago Tribune, March 29, 2000
Count them in, Prisoners add to census figures, by Pete Bosak, Tribune-Democrat (Johnston, PA), March 27, 2000, p. A1
How can inmates make a buck? Fill out census form; A regional census official says that the incentive protgram for prisoners may be unique to Minnesota. The money will come from a surcharge on inmate services, officials say., by David Chanen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), March 25, 2000
Towns put dreams in prisons; rural areas see the potential for economic gains, by David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune, March 20, 2001, p. 1.
Economic lockdown: with unemployment largely unaffected and jobs going to residents of larger cities, the Valley prison population boom hasn't been the economic boon advertised, Fresno Bee, January 9, 2000, p. A1
Following the Dollars: Where New York State spends its prison moneys, by City Project (report) March 2000

1999

Final vote tally gives Grafton mayor's job to Kendle, by Joseph Wagner, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) November 19, 1999
Chardon Village ready to take on cityhood's duties, by Karen Farkas, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) July 2, 1999
Prisoners will be locked out of Grafton's Census count, by Jennifer Gonzalez, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) June 29, 1999
Lawmaker takets his case for counting out-of-state inmates to House panel, by Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 10, 1999, p. 2.
House open to change in Census, Grafton wants to omit prisoners, by Jennifer Gonzalez, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) May 12, 1999
The prison bloc, (editorial), Bangor Daily News, May 3, 1999
Prisons as a Growth Industry in Rural America: An Exploratory Discussion of the Effects on Young African American Men in the Inner Cities. Tracy L. Huling, The Crisis of The Young African American Male in the Inner Cities, A Consultation of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, April 15-16, 1999, Washington, D.C
A prisoner of Census, Grafton pleads to remain a village; officials don't want inmates in population count, fear higher taxes, by Jennifer Gonzalez, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 11, 1999
Prisoners and the 2000 Census by Robert T. Hoetzel, Prisoners.com, undated.

1998

Prisoner transfers reduce census count: State will fight policy that doesn't count inmates housed out of state, by Kenneth R. Lamke, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 28, 1998, p. 1
Felon Disenfranchisement: Pennsylvania's Sinister Face of Vote Dilution, by Jon E. Yount.

1997

Prisons: A growth industry for some; Colorado County is a grateful host to 7,000 involuntary guests, by James Brooke, New York Times, November 2, 1997, p. 20
Rural prison as colonial master, by Christian Parenti, Z Magazine, June 1997.
Utah cons lose their liberty, not their vote, by Brian Mafflay, Salt Lake Tribune, April 7, 1997

1996

Rural Prisons: An Update [PDF], by Calvin Beale, Rural Development Perspectives Vol 11, No 2, 1996

1993

Imprisoner's dilemma, by Daniel Feldman, American Prospect, June 23, 1993
20 years of prison expansion: A failing national strategy, by Daniel Feldman, Public Administration Review, November/Devember 1993
Prisons, Population, and Jobs in Non-metro America, by Calvin Beale, Rural Development Perspectives, vol. 8, no. 3, 1993.

1981

Wisconsin Attorney General Opinion 70 Op. Atty Gen. Wis. 80 (April 27, 1981)

1963

Model State Constitution, National Municipal League's Model State Constitution, 1963, Section 4.04

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