Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2001. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2004)
Graph is a part of 2001 State Incarceration rates by race series.
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What's new:
- June 25, 2008: Added Census Bureau should use forms, not administrative records, to count people in prison to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
- June 20, 2008: The legal resource database was updated with a new listing for Arizona.
- June 18, 2008: The legal resource database was updated with a new listing for Louisiana.
- June 12, 2008: The research database was updated with 7 new reports:
- Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 by Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007 by Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Prison Inmates at Midyear 2007 by Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Kids Count 2008 Data Book, by The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
- Medical Problems of Prisoners by Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- HIV in Prisons, 2006 by Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Disparity By Geography: The War on Drugs in America's Cities, by The Sentencing Project.
- June 2, 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.
- May 28, 2008: Added Legislators ask Census Bureau to change prison count to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.
- January 8, 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.
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