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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New filings in Cranston prison gerrymandering lawsuit

On Monday Cranston voters and the ACLU of Rhode Island asked the court to let the case continue against the City's prison gerrymandering scheme.

by Aleks Kajstura, April 3, 2014

On Monday Cranston voters and the ACLU of Rhode Island asked the court to let the case continue against the City’s prison gerrymandering scheme, filing a response to the City’s motion to dismiss.

Our Davidson case page has more info on the case, including the response above and other legal documents.

Related briefings:

  1. Significant Victory in Fight to End “Prison Gerrymandering”: +
  2. Statement in Response to Federal Appeals Court Decision In Cranston "Prison Gerrymandering" Case +
  3. Blog roundup: Fighting prison gerrymandering in Cranston, RI +

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