Prison Policy Initiative http://www.prisonpolicy.org/ What's new on all of the Prison Policy Initiative websites en-us Copyright 2001-2007 2012-02-04T03:00:01+01:00 Prison Policy Initiative my subject Will Doolittle: Change in inmate counting is only a start http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/02/03/doolittle Will Doolittle: Change in inmate counting is only a start to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

Will Doolittle’s new article in the Glens Falls Post-Star asks what prison-based gerrymandering can reveal about broader inequalities in the criminal justice system.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/02/03/doolittle Virginia bill against prison-based gerrymandering passes House unanimously http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/02/02/hb13-house Virginia bill against prison-based gerrymandering passes House unanimously to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

HB 13, which would allow more counties to reject prison-based gerrymandering, passed unanimously in the Virginia House and now advances to the Senate.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/02/02/hb13-house Positive Trends in State-Level Sentencing and Corrections Policy http://www.famm.org/Repository/Files/82751_Positive%20Trends.pdf research database was updated with a link to Positive Trends in State-Level Sentencing and Corrections Policy [PDF] by Families Against Mandatory Minimums. ]]> http://www.famm.org/Repository/Files/82751_Positive%20Trends.pdf The High Cost of Solitary Confinement http://solitarywatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/fact-sheet-the-high-cost-of-solitary-confinement.pdf factsheet database was updated with a link to The High Cost of Solitary Confinement [PDF] by Solitary Watch. ]]> http://solitarywatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/fact-sheet-the-high-cost-of-solitary-confinement.pdf Prison law about fairness, not partisanship http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/27/daily-news-lte Prison law about fairness, not partisanship to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

The Daily News recently published a letter to the editor by Peter Wagner explaining that the law ending prison-based gerrymandering in New York is about democratic fairness rather than petty partisanship.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/27/daily-news-lte Missouri Municipal Review: Prison Populations Create Complications at Redistricting Time http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/27/mmr Missouri Municipal Review: Prison Populations Create Complications at Redistricting Time to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

The January, 2012 issue of the Missouri Municipal Review includes my article on how prisons create problems for Missouri cities at redistricting time.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/27/mmr How Prison-based Gerrymandering Changes District Lines http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/27/114video How Prison-based Gerrymandering Changes District Lines to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

New video (using an example district that was drawn in New York after the 2000 Census) explains how prison-based gerrymandering can alter district lines.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/27/114video Paul Rucker awarded grant to make more art about the parallels between slavery and mass incarceration. http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/paul-ruckers-soundscape-tracks-us-prisons artist Paul Rucker has been awarded a prestigious grant from Creative Capital to make more art about mass incarceration. His 2009 project, Proliferation, was inspired by the map of U.S. Prison Proliferation, 1900-2000 by PPI's Rose Heyer. Don't miss the review of Proliferation on CityArts. Congratulations Paul! ]]> http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/paul-ruckers-soundscape-tracks-us-prisons Turning the Corner http://www.justicestrategies.org/sites/default/files/publications/AZ%20Turning%20the%20Corner%20Final%20Report.pdf research database was updated with a link to Turning the Corner Opportunities for Effective Sentencing and Correctional Practices in Arizona, [PDF] by Justice Strategies. ]]> http://www.justicestrategies.org/sites/default/files/publications/AZ%20Turning%20the%20Corner%20Final%20Report.pdf It's "the law" not "a deal" http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/13/not-a-deal It's "the law" not "a deal" to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

New York's partisan vortex makes an agreement to follow the law ending prison-based gerrymandering appear to be a change in the text of the law. It's not.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/13/not-a-deal Communities Inmates Released to in 2009 http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/MADOC/release-addresses-2009-brief.pdf research database was updated with a link to Communities Inmates Released to in 2009 [PDF] by Massachusetts Department of Correction. ]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/MADOC/release-addresses-2009-brief.pdf 2009 Annual Report http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/MADOC/annual-report-2009-final.pdf research database was updated with a link to 2009 Annual Report Massachusetts Department of Correction, [PDF] by Massachusetts Department of Correction. ]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/MADOC/annual-report-2009-final.pdf Survey of Sentencing Practices FY 2010 http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/fy2010survey.pdf research database was updated with a link to Survey of Sentencing Practices FY 2010 [PDF] by Massachusetts Sentencing Commission. ]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/fy2010survey.pdf The State of Sentencing 2011 http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/publications/sen_State_of_Sentencing_2011.pdf research database was updated with a link to The State of Sentencing 2011 [PDF] by Sentencing Project. ]]> http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/publications/sen_State_of_Sentencing_2011.pdf Old Behind Bars http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/usprisons0112webwcover_0.pdf research database was updated with a link to Old Behind Bars the Aging Prison Population in the United States, [PDF] by Human Rights Watch. ]]> http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/usprisons0112webwcover_0.pdf FOX news GOP debate question mentions PPI data http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/01/17/transcript-fox-news-channel-wall-street-journal-debate-in-south-carolina/ question he asked about the issue of racial disparities in drug-related arrests and convictions.]]> http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/01/17/transcript-fox-news-channel-wall-street-journal-debate-in-south-carolina/ The Price of Prisons http://www.vera.org/download?file=3407/the-price-of-prisons.pdf research database was updated with a link to The Price of Prisons What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers, [PDF] by Vera Institute. ]]> http://www.vera.org/download?file=3407/the-price-of-prisons.pdf Missouri Working Group on Sentencing and Corrections Consensus Report http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/comm/special/MWSC-Report.pdf research database was updated with a link to Missouri Working Group on Sentencing and Corrections Consensus Report [PDF] by Missouri Working Group on Sentencing and Corrections. ]]> http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/comm/special/MWSC-Report.pdf Jail Inmates at Midyear 2009 Statistical Tables http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/jim09st.pdf research database was updated with a link to Jail Inmates at Midyear 2009 Statistical Tables [PDF] by Bureau of Justice Statistics. ]]> http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/jim09st.pdf Prison Inmates at Midyear 2009 Statistical Tables http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pim09st.pdf research database was updated with a link to Prison Inmates at Midyear 2009 Statistical Tables [PDF] by Bureau of Justice Statistics. ]]> http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pim09st.pdf Too Good to be True http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf research database was updated with a link to Too Good to be True Private Prisons in America, [PDF] by Sentencing Project. ]]> http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf 2011 Adult Institutions Outcome Evaluation Report http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Adult_Research_Branch/Research_Documents/ARB_FY_0607_Recidivism_Report_(11-23-11).pdf research database was updated with a link to 2011 Adult Institutions Outcome Evaluation Report [PDF] by State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. ]]> http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Adult_Research_Branch/Research_Documents/ARB_FY_0607_Recidivism_Report_(11-23-11).pdf The Effects of Prison Visitation on Offender Recidivism http://www.doc.state.mn.us/publications/documents/11-11MNPrisonVisitationStudy.pdf research database was updated with a link to The Effects of Prison Visitation on Offender Recidivism [PDF] by Minnesota Department of Corrections. ]]> http://www.doc.state.mn.us/publications/documents/11-11MNPrisonVisitationStudy.pdf Improving Budget Analysis of State Criminal Justice Reforms http://www.cbpp.org/files/1-11-12sfp.pdf research database was updated with a link to Improving Budget Analysis of State Criminal Justice Reforms A Strategy for Better Outcomes and Saving Money, [PDF] by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the American Civili Liberties UNion. ]]> http://www.cbpp.org/files/1-11-12sfp.pdf Correctional Spending Trends http://www.oregon.gov/CJC/docs/2011_Report_Correctional_Spending_Trends_UPDATED.pdf research database was updated with a link to Correctional Spending Trends Budget Information Report, [PDF] by Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office. ]]> http://www.oregon.gov/CJC/docs/2011_Report_Correctional_Spending_Trends_UPDATED.pdf Receipt of A(H1N1)pdm09 Vaccine by Prisons and Jails http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6051a3.htm research database was updated with a link to Receipt of A(H1N1)pdm09 Vaccine by Prisons and Jails United States, 2009-10 Influenza Season, [PDF] by Center for Desease Control. ]]> http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6051a3.htm PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011 http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pdca11.pdf research database was updated with a link to PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011 [PDF] by Bureau of Justice Statistics. ]]> http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pdca11.pdf Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/1-6-12%20Death%20penalty%20release.pdf research database was updated with a link to Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty More Concern among Opponents about Wrongful Convictions, [PDF] by Pew Research Center. ]]> http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/1-6-12%20Death%20penalty%20release.pdf New York Times editorial board praises court's decision to uphold Maryland law ending prison-based gerrymandering http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/17/nyt-md New York Times editorial board praises court's decision to uphold Maryland law ending prison-based gerrymandering to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

Today the New York Times printed an editorial praising a Federal District Court’s decision to uphold the 2010 law that ended prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/17/nyt-md New Race, Poverty & the Environment issue includes article on prison-based gerrymandering http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/13/rpe New Race, Poverty & the Environment issue includes article on prison-based gerrymandering to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

New issue of Urban Habitat's journal includes an article about how Census Bureau’s miscount of incarcerated people distorts our democracy and impedes racial justice.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/13/rpe LATFOR implements law ending prison-based gerrymandering http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/06/ny-data LATFOR implements law ending prison-based gerrymandering to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

New York task force has released population data to be used for state and local redistricting, which counts incarcerated people at their home addresses.

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/06/ny-data Roanoke Times urges Virginia to "move in the right direction" towards ending prison-based gerrymandering http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/06/roanoke-times Roanoke Times urges Virginia to "move in the right direction" towards ending prison-based gerrymandering to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.

New Roanoke Times (VA) editorial calls on the Virginia legislature to take a stand against prison-based gerrymandering by passing H.B. 13

]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/01/06/roanoke-times PPI submits testimony in support of smart change to Mass. school zone law http://www.prisonpolicy.org/zones.html supports a common-sense revision to the short-sighted Massachusetts school zone drug penalty law. This change would allow the law to more effectively protect children without disproportionately punishing urban communities.]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/zones.html Rethinking Drug-Free School Zones http://www.prisonpolicy.org/zones.html Rethinking Drug-Free School Zones: Gov. Patrick proposes changing a policy critics say is unfair and ineffective to our PPI in the News page and to the page about our sentencing enhancement zone work. ]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/zones.html Radio archives expanded /news.html In the News page.]]> /news.html Quoted in Patriot Ledger, Quincy Mass on state's counter-productive plan to charge prisoners for their incarceration. http://www.patriotledger.com/news/state_news/x1560849233/Masschusetts-sets-out-to-bill-prison-inmates-for-room-and-board 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."]]> http://www.patriotledger.com/news/state_news/x1560849233/Masschusetts-sets-out-to-bill-prison-inmates-for-room-and-board PPI course at Smith College featured http://www.smith.edu/news/2010-11/prison.php Interterm Course Focuses on U.S. Prison System in the Gate.]]> http://www.smith.edu/news/2010-11/prison.php Paul Rucker piece profiled http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/paul-ruckers-soundscape-tracks-us-prisons 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. ]]> http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/paul-ruckers-soundscape-tracks-us-prisons New poster for NY http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/newyork.html Most upstate counties with prisons agree: A prison cell is not a residence [PDF] to the New York organizing page. ]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/newyork.html Sane Sentencing in School Zones http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/sane_sentencing_in_school_zones sentencing enhancement zones in a post saluting New Jersey's first-in-the-nation reform of these short-sighted laws. ]]> http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/sane_sentencing_in_school_zones Event: Peter Wagner at Manning Marable Memorial Conference http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1335585600 A New Vision of Black Freedom: The Manning Marable Memorial Conference at Columbia Univ. in New York City. Exact day/time TBA. April 26-28, 2012]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1335585600 Event: Peter Wagner to speak at RebLaw at Yale Law School http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1329541200 RebLaw Conference at 11am at Yale Law School in New Haven CT. Feb 18, 2012]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1329541200