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Delaware prison-based gerrymandering bill signed
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Delaware prison-based gerrymandering bill signed to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Escambia County, Alabama, avoids prison-based gerrymandering
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Escambia County, Alabama, avoids prison-based gerrymandering to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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More legal resources in: Arizona and South Carolina.
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Organizing to end prison-based gerrymandering in Rhode Island
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Organizing to end prison-based gerrymandering in Rhode Island to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Where should inmates be counted for redistricting?
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Where should inmates be counted for redistricting? to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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More legal resources in: Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, for all states, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia.
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2 hours 36 min ago
The legal resource database was updated with new listings for Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, for all states, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia.
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More legal resources in: Arizona, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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2 hours 36 min ago
The legal resource database was updated with new listings for Arizona, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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"An End to Prison Gerrymandering"
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added "An End to Prison Gerrymandering" to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Jefferson, St. Lawrence counties to see benefits from new prison census rules in New York
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Jefferson, St. Lawrence counties to see benefits from new prison census rules in New York to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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How much money is New York City going to gain from new law counting prisoners at home?
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added How much money is New York City going to gain from new law counting prisoners at home? to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Even small prisons can mean a big problem for democracy
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Even small prisons can mean a big problem for democracy to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Rhode Island legislator boasts of prison-based gerrymandering
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Rhode Island legislator boasts of prison-based gerrymandering to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Census Data May Be a Big Concern for Georgia County Commissioners
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Census Data May Be a Big Concern for Georgia County Commissioners to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
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Quoted in Patriot Ledger, Quincy Mass on state's counter-productive plan to charge prisoners for their incarceration.
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2 hours 36 min ago
Peter Wagner is quoted in the Patriot Ledger regarding Mass.'s plan to bill prison inmates for room and board. Because most people in prison are poor, this counter-productive policy "is like spending money to squeeze blood from a stone."
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Paul Rucker piece profiled
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2 hours 36 min ago
Artist Paul Rucker's new installation, Proliferation, inspired by the map of U.S. Prison Proliferation, 1900-2000 by PPI's Rose Heyer was just reviewed in CityArts.
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New poster for NY
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2 hours 36 min ago
Added Most upstate counties with prisons agree: A prison cell is not a residence [PDF] to the New York organizing page.
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Radio archives expanded
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2 hours 36 min ago
We added links to recent radio interviews on WBAI, The Take Away and shows to our In the News page.
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Sane Sentencing in School Zones
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2 hours 36 min ago
Matt Kelley cites PPI's research on sentencing enhancement zones in a post saluting New Jersey's first-in-the-nation reform of these short-sighted laws.
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Valley Advocate honors us on best of 2009 list
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2 hours 36 min ago
The Valley Advocate honors us on a best of 2009 list.
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Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network Blog discusses our work
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2 hours 36 min ago
The Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network has twice featured our work on their blog in the last week or so. One article by George Pillsbury features our research on Mississippi, and another on our work behind the New York Times' Gerrymandering: Pure and Corrupt editorial.
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