More legal resources in: Pennsylvania and Texas.
October 23, 2008 By
Geography of Punishment report released
October 23, 2008 By
Today we published our newest report: The Geography of Punishment: How Huge Sentencing Enhancement Zones Harm Communities, Fail to Protect Children. Also see Jo-Ann Moriarty's coverage in Springfield's The Republican: Drug free zones facing review.
Locked Up, But Still Counted: How Prison Populations Distort Democracy
October 23, 2008 By
Added Locked Up, But Still Counted: How Prison Populations Distort Democracy to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
More legal resources in: North Carolina and Wisconsin.
October 23, 2008 By
Smith Sophian previews talk
October 23, 2008 By
The Smith College Sophian preview's Peter Wagner's Tuesday talk in Expert on Voting Rights to Speak at Smith.
Fuzzy Math: Is the Census Bureau creating unfair politics in Wisconsin?
October 23, 2008 By
Added Fuzzy Math: Is the Census Bureau creating unfair politics in Wisconsin? to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
Second Circuit again mentions Census Bureau’s prison miscount
October 23, 2008 By
Added Second Circuit again mentions Census Bureau's prison miscount to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
REPORT: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Wisconsin
October 23, 2008 By
We've added our newest census report Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Wisconsin to the Prisoners of the Census site.
Quoted in Idaho: Census bungles prison populations
October 23, 2008 By
Nathaniel Hoffman quotes Peter Wagner in this Boise Weekly article about the prison miscount:
Census bungles prison populations.
FAMM coverage of zone report
October 23, 2008 By
Families Against Mandatory Minimums discusses our report
"The Geography of Punishment: How Huge Sentencing Enhancement Zones Harm Communities, Fail to Protect Children" in the Fall 2008 issue of their newsletter [PDF, p. 9]