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Black leaders urge census to change how it counts inmates

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Congratulations to Peter Wagner of Prisoners of the Census, who is not mentioned here but who has created and championed this issue! Black leaders urge census to change how it counts inmates By Carol Morello Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 17, 2009 A coalition of African American leaders concerned about minorities being undercounted in the 2010 Census called Wednesday for inmates at federal and state prisons to be tallied in their home communities instead of the towns where they are incarcerated. Marc H. Morial, president of the National Urban League and chairman of a census advisory committee, said the practice now shortchanges communities in money and democratic representation. Census statistics are used to calculate the allocation of more than $478 billion in federal funds and to draw political boundaries...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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