Telephone workshops on avoiding prison-based gerrymandering

We do weekly Q&A workshops on prison-based gerrymandering via conference call, tailored to the particular issues facing callers’ state or locality. Peter Wagner will address the how to identify prison-based gerrymandering in proposed plans with a particular emphasis on using and interpreting the data.

Next call:

• 10am (Eastern), Tues, April 26
• 2pm (Eastern), Weds May 4

Call details:
Call in Number: (218) 844-0850
Access Code: 452919#

Please use *6 to mute or unmute yourself during the call, and *3 to end the call. No reservations are necessary, and if the number of callers we can support is exceeded, we'll schedule more conference call briefings.

Shortly before the calls, we'll add graphics, links and other materials relevant to the call to this page. So check back here soon....

We hope to see (or hear) you there!

Conference call resources

• Preventing Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Redistricting: What to Watch For, by Peter Wagner and Brenda Wright
• Our tools including:
  • A national shapefile with all of the group quarters data
  • Block level tables of the correctional facilities searchable by county
  • Google maps of the blocks that contain facilities
  • Connecting the new census data to a database of annotations of each of the 5,393 blocks that contain some kind of correctional facility.
  • The name, street address and a recent population count of every state prison, federal prison and local jail in the county, and a memo about new and expanded prisons during the last decade.
• Using the Census Bureau's Advanced Group Quarters Table
• Primer for reporters on county or municipal redistricting & prison-based gerrymandering
• Democracy Toolkit Interactive tools to help rural citizens determine if prison populations in legislative districts are diluting their right to equal representation (2007)