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Organizations stand against prison-based gerrymandering

Formal resolutions and recommendations from organizations and legislative bodies regarding prison-based gerrymandering are now compiled on our site.

by Aleks Kajstura, April 29, 2011

Many organizations and legislative bodies have made formal resolutions and recommendations critical of the Census Bureau’s prison count and condemning the practice of prison-based gerrymandering.

Our resolutions page gathers these resolutions from organizations like the NAACP, the Census Bureau’s own Advisory Committee, city councils and other local governments. This new page also has some sample resolutions that are a great starting-point for introducing a resolution in your organization or town, city, county or state legislature.

Related briefings:

  1. Massachusetts delivers resolution to Census Bureau +
  2. Civil Rights Organizations File Motion to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering +
  3. Boston Workers Alliance Takes a Stand Against Prison-Based Gerrymandering +

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