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Are California Progressives Blind to the Prison-Industrial Complex - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Sharon Kyle cites our research on incarceration rates in Are California Progressives Blind to the Prison-Industrial Complex on the California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/11/are_california.html

Senator Schneiderman, the Prison Policy Initiative and Other Elected Officials and Advocates Call on Census to Count Prisoners in Their Home Communiti - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Added Senator Schneiderman, the Prison Policy Initiative and Other Elected Officials and Advocates Call on Census to Count Prisoners in Their Home Communities to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/18/letterpress

Census Bureau's Prisoner Count Hurts Ohio Democracy - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Added Census Bureau's Prisoner Count Hurts Ohio Democracy to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/24/ohiocities

More legal resources in: Arizona. - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The legal resource database was updated with a new listing for Arizona.
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/#1213934400

Kids Count 2008 - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The Prison Policy Initiative research database was updated with a link to Kids Count 2008 Data Book, by The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/databook.jsp

Disparity By Geography: - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The Prison Policy Initiative research database was updated with a link to Disparity By Geography: The War on Drugs in America's Cities, by The Sentencing Project.
http://www.sentencingproject.org/PublicationDetails.aspx?PublicationID=614

Gotham Gazette: Can New York Break Its Incarceration Habit - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Aubrey Fox cites the impact of the prison miscount on the political process when he asks Can New York Break Its Incarceration Habit in the Gotham Gazette.
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/crime/20080602/4/2545

More legal resources in: Louisiana. - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The legal resource database was updated with a new listing for Louisiana.
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/#1213761600

Prisons Warp the Vote - (Found June 24, 2008 )

TomPaine.com has published Prisons Warp the Vote by PPI law clerk Brett Blank. The piece traces the pre-Reynolds history of redistricting in New Hampshire -- which was based on wealth -- and juxtaposes that against the prisoner miscount, where prisons are the only economic interest that gets a boost from the decennial census.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2008/01/08/prisons_warp_the_vote.php

More legal resources in: California, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The legal resource database was updated with new listings for California, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/#1211774400