Prisoners of the Censuschallenging the Census Bureau's method of assigning residence to people in prisonPrisoners in the Census skew county government in New York- July 18, 2007 Contact: Peter Wagner, 413527-1333 July 18 - The federal Census counts state and federal prisoners as part of the local population, and that creates big problems for county government, charges a new report by the Prison Policy Initiative. The report explains that the Census Bureau wants New York county governments to use its data but counts ...http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/07/18/nycounties/ |