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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California legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering

California bill to end prison-based gerrymandering introduced by Assembly Member Davis; Dale Ho of the LDF testified in support.

by Aleks Kajstura, May 3, 2011

Assembly Member Davis recently introduced legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in California. AB 420, An act to add Section 21003 to the Elections Code, relating to redistricting, received the support of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) in testimony today.

Related briefings:

  1. Model legislation +
  2. California Assembly passes bill to end prison-based gerrymandering +
  3. Prison-based gerrymandering report highlighted by ACS blog +

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