Importing Constituents:
Prisoners and Political Clout in Pennsylvania
by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda
June 26, 2009
- Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Pennsylvania by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda, June 26, 2009
- Press release Census Bureau policy costs urban Pennsylvania political clout in legislature
- Appendix A: Incarcerated populations in Pennsylvania House Districts
- Appendix B: Incarcerated populations in Pennsylvania Senate Districts
- Appendix C: County demographics (2000)
- Appendix D: Incarceration rates for each Pennsylvania county (2000)
Coverage
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Report: Census Prisoner Count Dilutes Urban Political Clout By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Legal Intelligencer, June 26, 2009 
Prison-based gerrymandering should be abolished, The Daily Review editorial, (Towanda, PA), August 7, 2010
Prison-based gerrymandering should be abolishedRecommended Reading:
About the Prison Policy Initiative
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