Importing Constituents:
Prisoners and Political Clout in Pennsylvania

by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda
June 26, 2009

• Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Pennsylvania by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda, June 26, 2009
• Press release Census Bureau policy costs urban Pennsylvania political clout in legislature
• Appendix A: Incarcerated populations in Pennsylvania House Districts
• Appendix B: Incarcerated populations in Pennsylvania Senate Districts
• Appendix C: County demographics (2000)
• Appendix D: Incarceration rates for each Pennsylvania county (2000)

Coverage

• Report: Census Prisoner Count Dilutes Urban Political Clout By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Legal Intelligencer, June 26, 2009

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Speaking engagements

• March 14, 2010: Peter Wagner will be talking about prison-based gerrymandering on WVKR 91.3FM (Poughkeepsie NY) at 3:30pm.
• March 16, 2010: We'll be doing a briefing about prison-based gerrymandering in New York by conference call at 11am EST. Join us. More info.
• March 24, 2010: We'll be doing a National briefing about prison-based gerrymandering by conference call at 11am EST. Join us. More info.
• March 25-28, 2010: Peter Wagner will be attending the National Redistricting Seminar in Austin, Texas organized by the National Conference of State Legislatures
• April 1, 2010: Peter Wagner will be speaking about the U.S. Census, mass-incarceration and prison-based gerrymandering at Smith College, Seeyle 206 in Northampton Mass at 6:30pm.

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