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LATFOR implements law ending prison-based gerrymandering

New York task force has released population data to be used for state and local redistricting, which counts incarcerated people at their home addresses.

by Peter Wagner, January 6, 2012

After months of public concern that the New York Senate did not intend to implement the law ending prison-based gerrymandering, last night the redistricting taskforce, LATFOR, released the population data to be used for state and local redistricting, which counts incarcerated people at their home addresses. You can download the data and the accompanying documentation on the LATFOR website.

Related briefings:

  1. LATFOR announces that it will comply with New York’s law that forbids prison-based gerrymandering +
  2. Times Union: LATFOR is named as defendant, but not actually defending the law +
  3. News Roundup: LATFOR won’t engage in prison-based gerrymandering and Civil Rights organizations will defend NY law +

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