Comments on: Somerset County Maryland paper endorses call to end prison-based gerrymandering http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2009/11/24/somerset/ Challenging the Census Bureau's method of assigning residence to people in prison Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:21:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Wagner http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2009/11/24/somerset/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Peter Wagner Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:12:50 +0000 http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/?p=630#comment-5429 The people incarcerated at ECI are people and should be counted in the Census. But the question is <em>where</em> they should be counted. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau counts incarcerated people as if they were residents of the prison county, and that causes big problems for drawing legislative districts. Most of the people incarcerated at ECI should be counted at their homes back in Baltimore, but until the Census Bureau changes where people in prison are counted, preventing prison districts from using the prison populations to pad their districts is a good interim solution. The people incarcerated at ECI are people and should be counted in the Census. But the question is where they should be counted. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau counts incarcerated people as if they were residents of the prison county, and that causes big problems for drawing legislative districts.

Most of the people incarcerated at ECI should be counted at their homes back in Baltimore, but until the Census Bureau changes where people in prison are counted, preventing prison districts from using the prison populations to pad their districts is a good interim solution.

]]> By: melissa http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2009/11/24/somerset/comment-page-1/#comment-5428 melissa Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:52:38 +0000 http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/?p=630#comment-5428 how dare anyone to think that those people in eci are not humans. there are a lot of young people in there who made mistakes.wasnt you once young.where is your heart? do you believe in forgivness.everyone deserves a second chance. remember they have all the same body parts you have and they are human and should be counted as human. how dare anyone to think that those people in eci are not humans. there are a lot of young people in there who made mistakes.wasnt you once young.where is your heart? do you believe in forgivness.everyone deserves a second chance. remember they have all the same body parts you have and they are human and should be counted as human.

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