Report on Rhode Island hearing on prison-based gerrymandering
by Peter Wagner, March 12, 2010
Bruce Reilly has this report on Tuesday’s hearing in Rhode Island to end prison-based gerrymandering.
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About the Prison Policy Initiative
Learn more about the organization behind the Prison Gerrymandering Project.
The Racial Geography of Mass Incarceration
The transfer of Black and Latino incarcerated people to communities very different than their own is a nationwide problem.
Are legislative maps hurting prison reforms?
Pam Adams explains how in her downstate Illinois column.
Do prisons draw in Census money for their host communities? No.
We explain that prison gerrymandering is bad for democracy but federal & state aid are not impacted.