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.
Can you help us continue the fight? Thank you.
—Peter Wagner, Executive DirectorDonate
Can you help us continue the fight? Thank you.
—Peter Wagner, Executive DirectorDonate
- Advocates urge Census Bureau to start testing reforms for 2030 by Aleks Kajstura, November 12, 2024
- If the Census Bureau truly values accuracy, it should count incarcerated people at home by Aleks Kajstura, October 30, 2024
- Resource Spotlight: Which local governments engage in or avoid prison gerrymandering? by Aleks Kajstura, September 24, 2024
- Advocates to Census Bureau: Stop making it harder for states to end prison gerrymandering by Aleks Kajstura, August 26, 2024
- A record number of city councils and county commissions tackled prison gerrymandering after the 2020 Census by Aleks Kajstura, July 30, 2024
- 2030 Census Advisory Committee flags prison gerrymandering issues for the Census Bureau by Aleks Kajstura, July 29, 2024
- National civil rights coalition gives Census Bureau 5 reasons to end prison gerrymandering by Aleks Kajstura, June 28, 2024
- States were incredibly successful at reallocating incarcerated people to their home addresses in 2020: A review of the data by Mike Wessler and Aleks Kajstura, June 10, 2024
- Minnesota ends prison gerrymandering by Danielle Squillante, May 20, 2024
- Most incarcerated people will return home; the Census Bureau should count them there by Aleks Kajstura, May 14, 2024
Recommended Reading:
About the Prison Policy Initiative
Learn more about the organization behind the Prison Gerrymandering Project.
The Racial Geography of Mass Incarceration
The transfer of Black and Latino incarcerated people to communities very different than their own is a nationwide problem.
How to get elected without being a candidate first.
Iowa Public Radio explores how Anamosa Iowa ended prison gerrymandering.
