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NY: Senate Republicans call changes to prison population count unconstitutional

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Senate Republicans call changes to prison population count unconstitutional Ithaca Journal Mar. 5, 2011 ALBANY -- Senate Republicans are still seething over a law passed last year to count prisoners in legislative redistricting based on their hometowns, not where they are incarcerated -- an issue that could affect talks for independently drawn lines this year. Last August, the Democratic-led Legislature adopted language in the state budget to end the practice of counting prisoners in the communities in which they are incarcerated for redistricting purposes. The move means thousands of prisoners will be counted in their hometowns, mainly downstate and in urban areas, and possibly lower the number of lawmakers representing various rural communities...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 06, 2011 (boomark / email).