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IL: Are legislative maps hurting prison reforms?

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Are legislative maps hurting prison reforms? By Pam Adams Journal Star Nov 10, 2010 In April, Maryland lawmakers voted to count prison inmates at their home addresses, instead of where they're incarcerated, for state and local legislative redistricting purposes. New York lawmakers followed suit in August. And what does this have to do with anything down here in the middle of Illinois? Exactly nothing. Yet. Prison-based gerrymandering is a touchy topic down here. I know, I know, it's tough to wrap the brain around the phrase. How do you gerrymander with a prison? Easy. State and local lawmakers do it all the time all around the country. But it really breaks down how democracy works, probably as much, if not more, than who turns out to vote and the obscene amounts of money candidates raise and spend to influence how voters vote...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 12, 2010 (boomark / email).