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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

  • article thumbnail Report: Census Prisoner Count Dilutes Urban Political Clout By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Legal Intelligencer, June 26, 2009
  • news thumbnail Prison-based gerrymandering should be abolished, The Daily Review editorial, (Towanda, PA), August 7, 2010

Meet us

  • May 23, 2012:
    Peter Wagner will be at the Funders Committee for Civic Participation Conference in Charlotte NC.
  • June 18-20, 2012:
    Peter Wagner will be attending the Take Back the American Dream 2012 Conference in Washington D.C., where he is a finalist for the Campaign for America's Future Maria Leavey Tribute Award for unsung progressive heros.
  • July 16-18:
    Peter Wagner will be at the OSF Fellows conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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