Articles by Harrison Stark
- Redistricting expert: local politicians don’t represent people incarcerated in their districts, so why does the Census count them there?
An expert on redistricting and population assessments makes the case for counting incarcerated people at their pre-arrest home addresses on Census Day.
Jul 8, 2016 - County Commissioner explains how prison gerrymandering created lopsided districts, unequal voting power in his home state
96% of the comments the Census Bureau received regarding residence rules for incarcerated people urged the Bureau to count them at their home addresses not at correctional facilities.
Jul 7, 2016
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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.
How to get elected without being a candidate first.
Iowa Public Radio explores how Anamosa Iowa ended prison gerrymandering.
