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Effort targets census counts of inmates
Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, NY By Joseph Spector ALBANY — The Democratic-led state Legislature and a coalition of civic groups are looking to remove prisoners from the population count for theU.S. census and for redistricting in 2012,
Read More »Prison Count Plan Called Downstate Power Grab
Daily Courier-Observer Malone, NY By Darcy Fargo MALONE - Franklin County's two state representatives say an effort to change how the state's prisoners are counted when drawing legislative districts is yet another attempt to bring more governing
Read More »Counting Inmates
Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster New York, NY By David King Sen. Eric Schneiderman, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Rev. Al Sharpton took the redistricting war publicyesterday when they announced their support for legislation that would see inmates
Read More »Inmate census rule criticized
Times Union Albany, NY Bill proposes counting prisoners in their home communities instead of where they're jailed By BRYAN FITZGERALD ALBANY -- Two Democratic state lawmakers joined forces with the Rev. Al Sharpton to support a bill Thursday
Read More »Coalition claims prison-based gerrymandering
EmpireStateNews.net New York, NY NEW YORK - Rev. Al Sharpton, Senator Eric T. Schneiderman and Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries joined forces with a statewide coalition today to announce a new organizing campaign plan to end what they
Read More »NY Inmates at Center of Census Issue
My Fox New York New York, NY NEW YORK (AP) - New York lawmakers have announced a campaign aimed at changing how the state's prisoners are counted when drawing state and local legislative districts. State Sen. Eric
Read More »No Representation Without Population
The U.S. Census Bureau counts incarcerated people as residents of their place of confinement, rather than as residents of their home communities. These false population counts are then used to draw state and local
Read More »New York prisoners could become unlikely political prize
The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY By AP NEW YORK — Though unable to vote, New York’s prison population of convicted murderers, rapists and other felons are the unlikely political prize for communities across the state. Every 10 years, state
Read More »Effort Underway to Change How Census Counts NY Prison Inmates
WENY-TV (ABC/CBS/CW) Binghamton, NY By Renata Stiehl ALBANY -- As the 2010 U.S. Census gets underway, New York state lawmakers announced a campaign aimed at changing how the state's prison population is counted. A statewide effort is underway
Read More »Inmates’ Stock Is Rising in Albany District Fight
The New York Times New York, NY ALBANY — As state lawmakers prepare to redraw the boundaries of Congressional and state legislative districts, one segment of the population is quickly becoming a coveted constituency: prisoners. They do
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