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 Jersey is on the verge of ending prison gerrymandering

NJ bill to end prison gerrymandering passed Assembly Judiciary Committee (already passed the Senate in November).

by Aleks Kajstura, February 14, 2017

Yesterday New Jersey’s bill to end prison gerrymandering (A2937/S587) passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The bill already passed the Senate in November, and is expected to be taken up by the Assembly as early as March.

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  1. Rhode Island organizations testify in support of bill ending prison gerrymandering +
  2. Bill ending prison gerrymandering clears Minn. Senate +
  3. Bills to end prison gerrymandering get hearing in two states +

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