Prison Policy Initiative http://www.prisonpolicy.org/ What's new on all of the Prison Policy Initiative websites en-us Copyright 2001-2007 2008-05-18T06:00:01+01:00 Prison Policy Initiative my subject More legal resources in: Indiana, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Vermont. http://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/#1210737600 legal resource database was updated with new listings for Indiana, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Vermont.]]> http://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/#1210737600 Prisons Warp the Vote http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2008/01/08/prisons_warp_the_vote.php 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 Coverage in Smith College Sophian http://media.www.smithsophian.com/media/storage/paper587/news/2008/04/03/Features/Prison.Reform.Lecture.Series.Brought.To.Smith-3304861.shtml Prison Reform Lecture Series Brought to Smith ]]> http://media.www.smithsophian.com/media/storage/paper587/news/2008/04/03/Features/Prison.Reform.Lecture.Series.Brought.To.Smith-3304861.shtml International Committee Urged to Scrutinize U.S. Census Practices That Dilute Vote of Minority Populations http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/12/13/cerdrelease International Committee Urged to Scrutinize U.S. Census Practices That Dilute Vote of Minority Populations to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/12/13/cerdrelease Budget battles endanger prison count http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/30/budgetbattle Budget battles endanger prison count to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/30/budgetbattle Census Bureau's Prisoner Count Hurts Ohio Democracy http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/24/ohiocities Census Bureau's Prisoner Count Hurts Ohio Democracy to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/24/ohiocities Senator Schneiderman, the Prison Policy Initiative and Other Elected Officials and Advocates Call on Census to Count Prisoners in Their Home Communities http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/10/18/letterpress 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 Inmates Have Political Pull in Some New York Counties http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/nyregion/07inmates.html 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 http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/07/23/nyt-phantom/ 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/ Political power of prisons http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/11/08/news/local/13041835.txt Political Power of Prisons.]]> http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/11/08/news/local/13041835.txt Gotham Gazette: Counting Convicts http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/voting/20071031/17/2335 Counting Convicts. ]]> http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/voting/20071031/17/2335 North County Public Radio on our letter campaign http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/archive.php?id=10221 Inmate count debate opens old wounds. ]]> http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/archive.php?id=10221 Professor Marie Gottschalk editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07227/809461-109.stm 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 Coverage of Phantom Constituents report http://tinyurl.com/2tywm4 Albany Times Union, the Daily Freeman, the Syracuse Post-Standard and in papers across upstate New York.]]> http://tinyurl.com/2tywm4 A Little common sense: Three fallacies about prisons and New York redistricting http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/04/18/little 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 http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/04/10/toolkit Interactive Democracy Toolkit helps grassroots democracy activists to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/04/10/toolkit Ending the Prison Windfall -- New York Times editorial http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/01/17/windfall Ending the Prison Windfall -- New York Times editorial to the Prisoners of the Census Blog.]]> http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2007/01/17/windfall Are California Progressives Blind to the Prison-Industrial Complex? http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/11/are_california.html 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 Event: Save the date - Boston http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1222401599 http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1222401599 Event: Gifts to New York reception will be matched! http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1212292799 reception will be matched by a generous donor on May 31st. 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