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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WFCR’s Bob Paquette interviewed Director, Peter Wagner

by Elena Lavarreda, February 18, 2010

Bob Paquette of WFCR Amherst, MA recently conducted a compelling interview with Peter Wagner about the fast-approaching Census count, and the problem posed by counting inmates as residence of their prison cell, rather than the place they came from prior to sentencing.

Related briefings:

  1. Peter Wagner to be honored by the Center for Church and Prison +
  2. Peter Wagner chosen as a finalist for the Maria Leavey Tribute Award +
  3. Peter Wagner debunks misunderstandings about Maryland’s No Representation Without Population Act +

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