Prison Policy Initiative

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Legislators ask Census Bureau to change prison count - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Added Legislators ask Census Bureau to change prison count to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2008/05/28/schneiderman-cobb

Inmates Have Political Pull in Some New York Counties - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The New York Times writes about our Phantom constituents in the Empire State report in this excellent article by Sam Roberts: Inmates Have Political Pull in Some New York Counties.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/nyregion/07inmates.html

New York Times editorial cites report - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The New York Times cited our Phantom Constituents in the Empire State report in today's editorial Phantom Voters in New York
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/07/23/nyt-phantom/

Coverage in Smith College Sophian - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Elizabeth Tuttle writing in the Smith College Sophian covers Peter Wagner's recent lecture: Prison Reform Lecture Series Brought to Smith
http://media.www.smithsophian.com/media/storage/paper587/news/2008/04/03/Features/Prison.R...

Political power of prisons - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Will Doolittle writes about our campaign for Census reform in the Glens Falls Post-Star in Political Power of Prisons.
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/11/08/news/local/13041835.txt

Gotham Gazette: Counting Convicts - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Andrea Senteno and Jay Cerrato write about the campaign for Census reform in the Gotham Gazette: Counting Convicts.
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/voting/20071031/17/2335

North County Public Radio on our letter campaign - (Found June 24, 2008 )

David Sommerstein at North Country Public Radio has a 4 minute piece about St. Lawrence County Legislator Tedra Cobb asking the U.S. Census Bureau to change how it counts people in prison: Inmate count debate opens old wounds.
http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/archive.php?id=10221

Professor Marie Gottschalk editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Professor Marie Gottschalk cites our census research in an editorial in yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: No prison like home : For the U.S. census, convicts are counted as 'residents' of towns and counties outside the walls.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07227/809461-109.stm

A Little common sense: Three fallacies about prisons and New York redistricting - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Added A Little common sense: Three fallacies about prisons and New York redistricting to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/04/18/little

Interactive Democracy Toolkit helps grassroots democracy activists - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Added Interactive Democracy Toolkit helps grassroots democracy activists to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/04/10/toolkit