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Prison gerrymandering gives extra political power to legislators who have prisons in their districts. We put numbers on the problem and sparked a movement to protect our democratic process from the overgrown prison system.
Can you help us continue the fight? Thank you.
—Peter Wagner, Executive DirectorDonate
Can you help us continue the fight? Thank you.
—Peter Wagner, Executive DirectorDonate
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Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.
50 state incarceration profiles
All of our recent reports about prison growth and racial disparities, re-organized by state.
Intentional Prison Gerrymandering in Wyoming
Two incumbents avoid facing off by going 17 miles out of the way to use a large prison as a political pawn.
For-profit video visits in prisons & jails
This predatory industry wants to literally stand in between the incarcerated and their families by replacing human contact with computer chats.
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