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Prison Gerrymandering

Prison gerrymandering refers to the practice of counting incarcerated people where they are detained rather than where they are from for the purposes of drawing political maps. In light of the uneven geographies of mass incarceration, it skews political power and representation.

Articles

May 22, 2024

Minnesota Just Became The Latest State to Eliminate Prison Gerrymandering

Alex Burness,
February 17, 2023

How One City Ended Prison Gerrymandering

Aaron Mendelson,
February 23, 2021

Illinois Delays End of Prison Gerrymandering By a Decade

Daniel Nichanian,
April 23, 2020

Virginia Ends Prison Gerrymandering, the Latest Chapter in a Recent Tidal Wave

Daniel Nichanian,
March 23, 2020

Colorado Abolishes the Death Penalty and Ends Prison Gerrymandering

Daniel Nichanian,
January 21, 2020

When New Jersey Next Redistricts, It Will Count Incarcerated People Where They Lived

Daniel Nichanian,
December 20, 2019

From Marijuana to the Death Penalty, States Led the Way in 2019

Daniel Nichanian,
May 6, 2019

How We Count People Skews Political Power

Vaidya Gullapalli, , Daniel Nichanian,
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