A map of New York State and its counties with prisons marked according to their size. Most of New York's prisons are upstate far from New York City.

Data Source: U.S. Census, 2000 and New York State Department of Correctional Services. (Map: Peter Wagner, 2004)

This map originally appeared in Gerrymandering in New York.

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