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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Op-ed about prison-based gerrymandering in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania-focused op-ed argues that voting power should be based on actual residents, not prison populations.

by Aleks Kajstura, June 10, 2010

In a recent op-ed on Philly.com, Daniel Denvir argues that voting power should be based on actual residents, not prison populations. The piece includes examples of legislators voting contrary to the interests of high incarceration communities while claiming incarcerated members of those communities as constituents.

Related briefings:

  1. Upstate New York Legislators Propose Return to Prison-Based Gerrymandering +
  2. Pennsylvania voting rules explain prisoner residence +
  3. Hypocrisy on prison-based gerrymandering in Illinois +

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