{"id":15638,"date":"2021-08-24T14:53:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/an-equitable-solution-to-ending-prison-gerrymandering\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:53:09","slug":"an-equitable-solution-to-ending-prison-gerrymandering","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/an-equitable-solution-to-ending-prison-gerrymandering\/","title":{"rendered":"Una soluci\u00f3n equitativa para acabar con la manipulaci\u00f3n de los distritos electorales en las c\u00e1rceles"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15638","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" Pennsylvania becomes the latest state to ensure equitable representation for incarcerated people.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":15639}"],"related_issues":[103,138,139,2051,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"If we want to make sure Black and Brown lives matter in public policy, we have to ensure we equitably count people in the census -- that includes counting incarcerated people in their homes instead of a temporary place of incarceration.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThere is a real awakening happening right now about how mass incarceration has devastated Black and Brown communities and disenfranchised\u00a0 millions of people from the ballot box and representation in government. Beginning with Jim Crow and apexing with the War on Drugs that began in the 70s, mass incarceration has taken the lives and livelihoods of people experiencing poverty, people with disabilities, and Black and Brown communities. This makes it harder, and oftentimes outright impossible, for these communities to make their voices heard in political discourse even though they are often the most <\/span>impacted by government policies<\/span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nPrison gerrymandering-- the act of counting people during the census at the location of the prison instead of their home -- is especially sinister because not only are you silencing individual voices in government, you are in effect stealing representation from areas that are dramatically underserved while allocating that political power to whiter, more rural places that incarcerated people often have no connection to.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nEarlier this month, the Census Bureau released a robust picture of how Black, Latinx, and Asian communities are growing and our nation is becoming more diverse than it\u2019s ever been. Much of that growth is coming from metropolitan areas. However, with prison gerrymandering, those communities\u00a0 will not be\u00a0 fully represented.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe good news is many states are taking action to ensure rural, more white voting districts are not being artificially inflated.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n Today, Pennsylvania became the latest state to ensure equitable representation for incarcerated people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nLast decade, Maryland and New York were the only two states to end prison gerrymandering by counting incarcerated people at their last known address, instead of the location of the prison. Today, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington State, AND Pennsylvania, have joined New York and Maryland in their commitment to end prison gerrymandering!\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nEach of these states will have to take the following steps to implement an equitable solution to prison gerrymandering:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n
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  1. Getting state prison data from the state\u2019s correctional agency<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Geocoding individual address data from incarcerated populations<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Subtracting the relevant prison populations from census blocks where prisons are located<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Use the adjusted data for redistricting\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThis fight is still ongoing and Common Cause and Prison Policy Initiative are here to help! If you are in a state that has not passed reform, there is still time!\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nCommon Cause and Prison Policy Initiative have put together a resource to help states and advocates walk through the necessary steps in reallocating incarcerated people back to their home district.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nCheck it out here!<\/span>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Step-by-Step-Guide-Geocoding-and-Reallocation.pdf<\/span><\/a>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"","image":3069,"post_link":{"url":"https:\/\/commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Step-by-Step-Guide-Geocoding-and-Reallocation.pdf","title":"See More"},"button_text":"","secondary_link":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"","image":3068,"post_link":{"url":"https:\/\/commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Step-by-Step-Guide-Geocoding-and-Reallocation.pdf","title":"See More"},"button_text":"","secondary_link":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nAn Equitable Solution to Ending Prison Gerrymandering - 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