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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Bill ending prison gerrymandering clears Minn. Senate

by Aleks Kajstura, May 12, 2015

Minnesota’s election omnibus reform bill, SF 455, passed the senate yesterday. The bill includes ending prison gerrymandering among other reforms. For more information on the prison gerrymandering provisions (Article 6) of the bill check out my written testimony. The bill now awaits action in the House, stay tuned.

Related briefings:

  1. Bill to end prison gerrymandering clears New Jersey Senate +
  2. Bill to end prison gerrymandering passes Rhode Island Senate +
  3. RI Senate committee passes bill to end prison gerrymandering +

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