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• Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Montana by Peter Wagner, December 14, 2004
• Press release: Census Bureau policy costs Montana's cities population, legislative clout

Previously published materials from the project that discuss Montana:

• Too big to ignore: How counting people in prisons distorted Census 2000, April 2004 report
• Prison expansion made 56 counties with declining populations appear to be growing in Census 2000 Fact of the Week, April 26, 2004

Coverage

• Counting criminals, by Brad Tyer, Missoula Independent (MT), December 23, 2004
• More clout (editorial) Great Falls Tribune (Montana), January 1, 2005

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From the blog:

• Census Bureau should use forms, not administrative records, to count people in prison Jun. 25, 2008
• Legislators ask Census Bureau to change prison count May. 28, 2008
• Prisons Warp Vote Jan. 8, 2008

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