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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
Read More »Counting the Prison Population
Politics on the Hudson (blog) Albany, NY By Joseph Spector The Democratic-led state Legislature and a coalition of groups are looking to remove prisoners from the population count for the U.S. Census and for redistricting in 2012,
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