Help End Prison Gerrymandering Prison gerrymandering funnels political power away from urban communities to legislators who have prisons in their (often white, rural) districts. More than two decades ago, the Prison Policy Initiative put numbers on the problem and sparked the movement to end prison gerrymandering.

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The U.S. Census Bureau counts incarcerated people where they are confined not where they are from. Using these counts to draw state and parish legislative districts enhances the weight of a vote cast by people who live near prisons at the expense of everyone else in the state or parish.

Organizations in Louisiana

It’s impossible to include everyone who is working toward fair districting in Louisiana, but if you are looking to get involved, these are some of the people and organizations you might want to contact:

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Testimony

  • Aleks Kajstura, Legal Director, Prison Policy Initiative, submitted to the Louisiana House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs, May 10, 2017

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