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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More press releases for New York victory

by Aleks Kajstura, August 4, 2010

The New York State Senate Majority, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice all posted their press releases celebrating the passage of a bill to end prison-based gerrymandering in New York.

Related briefings:

  1. Model legislation +
  2. New York Times: Prisons and Redistricting editorial celebrates victory of New York law +
  3. NYCLU and Common Cause/NY applaud New York ending prison-based gerrymandering +

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