The Census Bureau counts incarcerated people as residents of the communities where prisons located, as opposed to their home communities. Counting incarcerated people in the wrong place skews legislative representation and the political power of our communities.
The Statewide Coalition to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering seeks to eliminate this practice by changing how the state and counties use the Census data for the purpose of legislative redistricting.
Click here to sign your organization onto the Coalition.
Here’s a list of the coalition organizations:
New York Civil Liberties Union
Correctional Association of New York
New York City AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN)
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Back To Basics Outreach Ministries
Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse
Center for Community Alternatives
Urban Justice Center, Group Ministries
Prisoners Are People Too
Broome County Re-Entry Task Force
Reducing Recidivism
Western New York Reentry
Erie County Prisoners Rights Coalition
Center for Law & Social Justice
Nu Leadership Policy Group
Broome County Re-Entry Task Force
Legal Action Works Inc
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