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• This Chart Shows Why It’s So Hard To Tackle Mass Incarceration In America., by Nick Wing, The Huffington Post March 15, 2017
• More than 2 million people are in jail or prison — here are 4 charts that break that down., by Veronika Bondarenko, Business Insider March 15, 2017
• At ‘Critical Moment’ Under Trump, Report Gives Hard Facts on Incarceration., by David J. Krajicek, The Crime Report March 14, 2017
• Trump supports mass incarceration. This chart shows why that may not matter., by German Lopez, Vox March 14, 2017
• Mass incarceration doesn't do much to fight crime. But it costs an absurd $182 billion a year, by German Lopez, Vox January 27, 2017
• The plunder of the American prison system by Ryan Cooper, The Week, January 25, 2017
• Videoconferencing is no replacement for in-person visits for jail inmates, by Bangor Daily News (Maine), January 13, 2017
• Our view: Drivers' license suspensions out of control, by Treasure Coast Newspapers editorial board, January 11, 2017
• Driver's Licenses, Caught in the War on Drugs, by The New York Times editorial board, January 3, 2017
• Our Editorial: Stop forcing inmates to rent jail cells, by The Detroit News, December 28, 2016
• Report questions driver's licenses suspensions in Pa. for drug crimes, by Kate Giammarise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 23, 2016
• Stop suspending drivers' licenses for unjust, irrelevant reasons, by the Star-Ledger editorial board, December 20, 2016
• Wendy Sawyer, on The Bill Newman Show, discussing abusive probation fees in Massachusetts. , WHMP (Mass.), December 16, 2016
• Probation fees pose an undue burden, by The Boston Globe editorial board, December 13, 2016
• State probation fees need reform, by the Daily Hampshire Gazette editorial board, December 13, 2016
• Probation fees pose an undue burden, The Boston Globe, December 13, 2016
• Virginia's ham-fisted approach to driver's license suspension, by The Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial board, December 13, 2016
• New study critical of Virginia driver's license suspensions for drug offenses, by Frank Green, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 11, 2016
• Poverty, Punishment, And Probation: A Toxic Brew, by Daniel Medwed, WGBH News, December 8, 2016
• Probation fees hit poor the hardest, says report, by Michael Jonas, Commonwealth Magazine, December 7, 2016
• In One N.H. Jail, Inmate Visits Don't Look How You Might Think They Look, by Natasha Haverty, NHPR, December 5, 2016
• How Political Districts With Prisons Give Their Lawmakers Outsize Influence, by Kate Carlton Greer, KOSU, November 7, 2016
• A Virtual Visit to a Relative in Jail, by Maya Schenwar, New York Times, September 29, 2016
• Making Profits on the Captive Prison Market, by Eric Markowitz, The New Yorker, September 4, 2016
• Unconstitutional to Jail Poor Defendants Who Can't Pay Bail, Feds Argue, by Nicholas Loffredo, Newsweek, August 20, 2016
• The debate over private prisons is masking the real problems with America's prison industry, by Michelle Mark, Business Insider, August 19, 2016
• The Wrong Way to Count Prisoners, by New York Times editorial board, July 16, 2016
• The Fines and Fees That Keep Former Prisoners Poor, by Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, July 5, 2016
• Why New Jersey incarcerates more people than Rwanda, by Max Lewontin, The Christian Science Monitor, June 16, 2016
• US incarceration is 5 to 10 times higher than that of other NATO countries, by Katherine Hicks, Vox, June 16, 2016
• Jail Video Visitation Falls Short on Usage, Revenue Expectations, by Selah Maya Zighelboim, The Texas Observer, June 1, 2016
• Inside The Fight To Protect Face-To-Face Visitation For Prisoners, by Kit O'Connell, The Establishment, May 24, 2016
• The grotesque criminalization of poverty in America, by Ryan Cooper, The Week, May 16, 2016
• The End of Prison Visitation, by Jack Smith IV, Mic, May 5, 2016
• The Prison-Commercial Complex, by Chandra Bozelko, The New York Times, March 21, 2016
• One Chart Perfectly Captures America's Massive Prison Problem, by Jamilah King, Mic, March 15, 2016
• President Bernie Sanders couldn't stop mass incarceration by himself. But this one reform would be a very good start., by Ryan Cooper, The Week, February 16, 2016
• Coalition Backs Bill to End Prison Gerrymandering, by Andrea Sears, Public News Service, February 12, 2016
• Proposal would count inmates back home, by Ken Dixon, Connecticut Post, February 10, 2016
• Prison Phone Companies Seek New Revenue Source in Electronic Messaging, by Mike Ludwig, Truthout, January 28, 2016
• Why Restoring Driving Rights to Former Inmates Matters, by Maura Ewing, NationalJournal, January 22, 2016
• US prisons now offer inmates 'electronic messaging,' but it's not really e-mail, by Max Lewontin, The Christian Science Monitor, January 22, 2016
• America's Horrifying Mass-Incarceration System, In 1 Chart, by Nick Wing, Huffington Post, December 9, 2015
• Editorial: Women Behind Bars, by The Editorial Board, The New York Times, November 30, 2015
• The U.S. Is Depressingly Good At Putting Women Behind Bars, by Melissa Jeltsen, Huffington Post, November 24, 2015
• New Report Details Staggering Rates of Women's Incarceration in the United States, by Zoe Greenberg, RH Reality Check, November 19, 2015
• Bernie Sanders's criminal justice blindspot: Why his bill to ban private prisons doesn't go nearly far enough, by Nathan McDermott, Salon, October 28, 2015
• Prison Policy Initiative Report: Distant Lockups Further Erode Family Ties, by Alan Prendergast, Westword, October 28, 2015
• Editorial: F.C.C. Makes Telephone Calls for Inmates Cheaper, by The Editorial Board, The New York Times, October 26, 2015
• Family visits make prisoners less likely to reoffend. But some states make visiting hard., by German Lopez, Vox, October 22, 2015
• FCC gives inmates price break on prison phone calls, by Vera Bergengruen, McClatchy DC, October 22, 2015
• 'Huge Step': FCC Slashes Costs of Prison Phone Calls, by Tracy Connor, NBC News, October 22, 2015
• Report: States should make it easier for families to visit prisoners, by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof, October 22, 2015
• Prison Phone Company Fights to Keep Profiting Off Inmates And Their Families, by Ben Walsh, The Huffington Post, October 21, 2015
• How Does Prison Gerrymandering Work?, by Alex Mayyasi, Priceonomics, October 20, 2015
• Peter Wagner on The Real News Network's Rattling the Bars, Ep. 1: 'The Real Cost of Calls', October 13, 2015
• Bernie Sanders: The United States has 'more people in jail than any other country on Earth', by Jon Greenberg, Tampa Bay Times, October 13, 2015
• At LCCC, prison riot starts with a phone, by James Brooks, Juneau Empire, October 9, 2015
• A Trip Inside Graterford Prison and A Look at Sam Durant's BRILLIANT #OpenSource PHL Installation, StreetsDept.com, October 2, 2015
• Who profits from the billion-dollar prison phone business?, Peter Wagner on Al Jazeera's America Tonight, September 30, 2015
• Editorial: An offense that should come off the books, The Boston Globe, September 20, 2015
• Bernie Sanders's plan to abolish private prisons, explained, by German Lopez, Vox, September 18, 2015
• Prison Vendors See Continued Signs of a Captive Market, by David Segal, The New York Times, August 29, 2015
• New group to review Iowa's criminal justice policies, by Kathy A. Bolten, Des Moines Register, August 28, 2015
• Prison population affecting Florida's redistricting fight, by Jeremy Wallace, Miami Herald, August 18, 2015
• Private companies profit from pay-to-play phone calls in US prisons, Lindsay France, RT, August 13, 2015
• Bernadette Rabuy on The Bill Newman Show, WHMP (MA), August 12, 2015
• Preventing Suicide in America's Jails, by Brent Staples, The New York Times, August 10, 2015
• Inside the Shadowy Business of Prison Phone Calls, by Eric Markowitz, International Business Times, July 2, 2015
• Bernadette Rabuy on Marketplace Tech, Jailbreak series, June 23, 2015
• How Prison Gerrymandering is Influencing Elections, Peter Wagner on SiriusXM's The Agenda, June 15, 2015
• The Hidden Price of Prison: Calls Cost Inmates' Families, by Barbara Harrington, WTIU and WFIU, June 5, 2015
• The Persuasiveness of a Chart Depends on the Reader, Not Just the Chart, by Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review, May 27, 2015
• West Baltimore offers vivid reminder of failed mass incarceration policy, by Amadou Diallo, Al Jazeera America, April 30, 2015
• Phone rates for prison inmates exploitative, counterproductive, Editorial Board, The Boston Globe, April 28, 2015
• Expensive 'Prison Skype' Is Squeezing Out In-Person Visitation, by Matt Stroud and Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg Businessweek, April 27, 2015
• Sen. Cory Booker: What's better for America's status?, by Cory A. Booker, CNN, April 23, 2015
• Organizations Fight the For-Profit Video Visitation Industry, The Real News Network, April 19, 2015
• The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry Quietly Sweeps the Nation's Prisons and Jails, The Real News Network, April 13, 2015
• How Three States Are Beating the Prison Population Boom, by Rebecca McCray, TakePart, April 11, 2015
• Video Chats Are Replacing In-Person Jail Visits, While One Tech Company Profits, by Eric Markowitz, International Business Times, April 8, 2015
• How your local jail became hell: An investigation, by Ryan Cooper, The Week, March 31, 2015
• Steep Costs of Inmate Phone Calls Are Under Scrutiny, by Timothy Williams, The New York Times, March 30, 2015
• Inmates Charged Fee After Leaving Jail, by Herb Weisbaum, NBC News, March 24, 2015
• Video visitation threatens to put more distance between inmates and family, by Tom Bartlett, Al Jazeera America, March 9, 2015
• Reach Out and Pay Someone, by Dirk VanderHart, The Portland Mercury, March 4, 2015
• The Cost Of Crime And Incarceration In One Baltimore Neighborhood, by Sheilah Kast & Matt Purdy, WYPR, March 2, 2015
• As Jail Visits Go High-Tech, Isolation Grows, by Lisa Riordan Seville, NBC News, February 27, 2015
• Fact-checking John Legend's claim that 'we live in the most incarcerated country in the world', by Katie Sanders, Tampa Bay Times, February 23, 2015
• Want to visit an inmate? Increasingly, you'll have to log on, by Hamed Aleaziz, San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2015
• Jail Video Visits Are No Substitute for the Real Thing, by Maya Schenwar, Truthout, February 18, 2015
• Editorial: Getting serious about prison reform, by Journal Record Staff, The Journal Record, February 16, 2015
• Is Video Visitation Sufficient For Inmates and Families?, Bernadette Rabuy on OPB's Think Out Loud, February 5, 2015
• Exploiting Inmates, by Sukey Lewis, East Bay Express, February 4, 2015
• Right (and Wrong) on Crime, by Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer, February 3, 2015
• Mult. Co. Sheriff to preserve in-person visitations, by Street Roots Staff, Street Roots, January 27, 2015
• Conditions behind bars: Screening visitors, by Miranda Johnson, The Economist, January 24, 2015
• « Prison Map », quand un « data artist » tire le portrait du parc carcéral américain by Emmanuelle Jardonnet, Le Monde January 22, 2015
• Technical difficulty: Sheriff Staton's move to replace in-person visits at Multnomah County jails with video visiting raises questions, by Emily Green, Street Roots, January 21, 2015
• 689 of America's Prisons, in One Hypnotizing Database, by Katherine Wisniewski, Curbed, January 12, 2015
• Captive consumers: Corporations reap big profits on inmate finances, video visitations in Multnomah County, by Emily Green, Street Roots, January 6, 2015
• Serial's $2,500 Phone Bill and the Prison-Calling Racket, by Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg Businessweek, December 17, 2014
• Is the U.S. prison population as big as Russia, China and North Korea combined?, by Katie Sanders, Tampa Bay Times, December 16, 2014
• The FCC Looks into the Prison Telephone Racket, by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, December 4, 2014
• Captive Audience: Counties and Private Businesses Cash in on Video Visits at Jails, by Amy Silverstein, Dallas Observer, November 26, 2014
• FCC regulations, a big step forward, by Peter Wagner, National Association of Counties County News, November 17, 2014
• Lawsuit challenging counting of prisoners in city's redistricting allowed to proceed, by Daniel Kittredge, Cranston Herald, September 11, 2014
• The Leader of the Unfree World: Mass incarceration, perhaps the greatest social crisis in modern American history, is without parallel on a global scale, by Matt Ford, The Atlantic, July 23, 2014.
• [San Francisco] Officials looking to reduce price of jail inmates' phone calls, by Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2014
• Orange Is the New Green: Is Knox County's New Video-Only Visitation Policy for Inmates Really About Safety -- or Is it About Money?, Cari Wade Gervin, Metro Pulse (Knoxville, Tenn.), July 2, 2014
• Captive Constituents: Prison population beefs up some Alabama districts, by Tim Lockette, The Anniston Star, June 29, 2014
• The Father's Day Profiteers That Put Hallmark to Shame, by Leah Sakala, Huffington Post, June 13, 2014
• Every Graph, Stat and Data Point You Need For Research on U.S. Mass Incarceration, by Pete Brook, Prison Photography Blog, May 29, 2014
• The Exponential Growth Of American Incarceration, In Three Graphs, Nicole Flatow, Think Progress, May 29, 2014
• Bill on counting inmates in voting districts passes key Senate committee, by Daniel Kittredge, Cranston Herald, May 2, 2014
• Agreement Reached Ending Unconstitutional Postcard-Only Mail Policy at Flagler County Jail, ACLU of Florida press release, May 1, 2014
• Sedgwick County to make more on inmate collect calls, by Deb Gruver, The Wichita Eagle, April 26, 2014
• Cranston, ACLU argue over counting inmates, by Katie Mulvaney, Providence Journal, April 24, 2014
• The Hidden Price Of Drug-Free Zones, by Christie Thompson, ThinkProgress, April 14, 2014
• Captive Market: New rules lower the cost of phone calls to and from prison inmates, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, April 9, 2014
• Prison Overcrowding Threatens Public Safety and State Budgets, by Audrey Williams, American Legislator, April 8, 2014
• R.I's new House speaker has a captive constituency, by Edward Fitzpatrick, Providence Journal, April 1, 2014
• Study says prison population pads voter tally in some districts, by Joannah Seltz, The Boston Globe, March 20, 2014
• Incarcerated in America: Why Are So Many People in US Prisons?, by Lisa Mahapatra, International Business Times, March 19, 2014
• America's prison population: Who, what, where and why, by Jon Fasman, The Economist, March 13, 2014
• Video Visitation Could Exploit Prisoners, or Help Families, by Peter Wagner, "Room for Debate" The New York Times, February 24, 2014
• Peter Wagner Explores Hidden Costs of Mass Incarceration, WNEU press release, February 18, 2014
• FCC caps rates for prison phone calls, by John Ketchum, Marketplace Wealth and Poverty, Thursday, February 12, 2014
• FCC Bests Prison Telephone Industry Just in Time for Valentine's Day, by Leah Sakala and Peter Wagner, Huffington Post, February 12, 2014
• Phoning From Prison, at Prices Through the Roof, by David Segal, New York Times, February 2, 2014
• Unfair Phone Charges for Inmates, New York Times editorial, January 6, 2014
• Prison, Pregnancy, Restraint, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, January 3, 2013
• Aleks Kajstura on The Bill Newman Show, WHMP (MA), December 20, 2013
• Rural counties treat prisoners as political footballs when drawing electoral districts, Scott Henson, Grits for Breakfast Blog, December 3, 2013
• Prisoners lack vote, yet they shape vote, by Jonathan Tilove, Austin-American Statesman, December 1, 2013
• Does Your Town Meeting Have Phantoms?, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, November 13, 2013
• Prison gerrymandering: How the Census distorts democracy in Framingham and other towns hosting prisons, by Aleks Kajstura, Metrowest Daily News, November 10, 2013
• Peter Wagner '03 Champions Prison Policy Reform, by Mary McLean Orszulak, Perspectives, Fall 2013
• How Prisons Change the Balance of Power in America, by Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, October 7, 2013
• No County For Old Prisoners: One Person, One Vote, by Andrew Cohen, Brennan Center for Justice, October 7, 2013
• ACLU challenges Wyandotte County Jail’s postcard-only policy for inmates, by Mark Morris, Kansas City Star, October 1, 2013
• Putting the con in constituent, by Fred Grimm, The Miami Herald, September 28, 2013
• Prison-Based Gerrymandering, by the New York Times editorial board, September 27, 2013
• Mental Health in Your Neighborhood, interview by Louise Carcione with Leah Sakala, Boston Praise Radio, September 11, 2013
• Prison Phone Call Industry Will Fight New FCC Rules Lowering Rates For Inmates, by Matt Sledge, Huffington Post, September 9, 2013
• Prison Reform Advocates Speak Up for the Voiceless, by Andrea Jones, Rolling Stone, August 19, 2013
• Are prisoners Youngstown residents?, by David Skolnick, The Vindicator, August 16, 2013
• An organization urges city council to not count inmates when redistricting, by David Skolnick, The Vindicator, August 13, 2013
• FCC caps cost of phone calls to prison inmates, by Andrew McGill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 10, 2013
• Regulators vote to reduce rates for prison phone calls, by Ian Simpson, Reuters, August 9, 2013
• The Tyranny Of Prison Phone Charges: 'Inmates Charged Five Times Usual Rate', by Matt Stroud, Forbes, July 21, 2013
• Talk is anything but cheap for phone calls from Pennsylvania's prison, by Andrew McGill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 21, 2013
• Our view: Free prisoners -- from voting data, Observer-Dispatch editorial board, July 12, 2013
• Rome still counting prisoners in legislative districts, by Ned Campbell, Observer-Dispatch, July 7, 2013
• Hack For Western Mass: Prison Policy Initiative, Northampton Community TV, June 25, 2013
• Phone Companies In State Prisons Charge Inmates Exorbitant Prices, Give Jails Kickbacks, Group Finds, by Alexander C. Kaufman, International Business Times, June 18, 2013
• Counties profit from inmate calls, by Dan Klepal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 16, 2013
• Count Inmates In Hometowns, Not In Cells, by Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, May 8, 2013
• NY, US see dramatic drop in prison inmate population, by Brian Mann, North Country Public Radio, April 16, 2013
• Students Organize Prison-Based Gerrymandering Event, by Stephanie Ling, Wesleyan Argus, March 28, 2013
• Islands in the Sand, by Toshio Meronek, Hyphen, Spring 2013
• Redistricting Redux, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, January 8, 2013
• Prisons rob inmates by gouging phone call prices, RT America, January 4, 2013
• Leah Sakala on The Bill Newman Show, WHMP (MA), January 2, 2013
• FCC proposes changes to lower pay-phone rates for prisoners, by Christina Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2012
• Hi-Priced Cell Calls, Brian Lehrer Show, December 12, 2012
• Costly Prison Phone Calls Frustrate Families, by Maggie Clark, Stateline, December 4, 2012
• A Needless Charge for Prison Families, by the New York Times editorial board, November 28, 2012
• Kickbacks exploit inmates’ families, by Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Chicago Sun-Times, November 27, 2012
• Prison-industrial complex charges inmates enormous fees for phone calls, RT America, November 20, 2012
• Prison-Phone Rate Cuts Considered by U.S. Regulators, by Todd Shields, Bloomberg Businessweek, November 15, 2012
• Battlegrounds Va., Fla. lead in ex-felons who cannot vote, by Frank Green, Times-Dispatch, November 3, 2012
• 2 Swing States That Swing on Felon Disenfranchisement, by James Ridgeway, Mother Jones, November 2, 2012
• Making Prisoners Count, by Nancy Scola, The American Prospect, October 22, 2012
• Could a Recount of Prisoners Affect Elections?, by Maggie Clark, Stateline, October 12, 2012
• FCC Looks Likely to Cap Phone Rates for Prisoners, by Kaukab Jhumra Smith, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, October 12, 2012
• Prison Phones Prove Captive Market for Private Equity, by Todd Shields, Bloomberg Businessweek, October 4, 2012
• A Dollar a Minute to Talk to Dad, letter to the editor by Kaytee Riek and Rob Wohl of Sum of Us, Valley Advocate, October 4, 2012
• Kickbacks and Exorbitant Charges Rife In The Monopolized Prison Phone Industry, Pete Brook, Prison Photography Blog, October 2, 2012
• The First Call Is Free; the Rest Are a Fortune, Nancy Scola, American Prospect, October 1, 2012
• Families Urge the FCC to Lower Price of Prison Phone Calls, Jorge Rivas, Colorlines, September 27, 2012
• Campaign Pressures FCC to Roll Back Exorbitant Expense of Prison Phone Calls, Melinda Tuhus, Between the Lines, September 26, 2012
• Costly Phone Calls for Inmates, by the New York Times editorial board, September 24, 2012
• Flying Kites to the FCC Demanding Fair Phone Call Rates for Prisoners and Their Families, Mike Ludwig, Truthout, September 21, 2012
• Prisoners Count: Lawmakers look at fixing Massachusetts’ “representation without population” problem., Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, July 26, 2012
• Beginning of the end for 'prison gerrymandering', by Peter Wagner, The Washington Post, July 13, 2012
• Inmates Shouldn’t Boost Clout Of Prison Towns, Hartford Courant editorial board, July 2, 2012
• Supreme Court decision on prisoners could affect Wisconsin redistricting, Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio, June 28, 2012
• ‘No Representation Without Population’ Act Upheld by SCOTUS, by Maria Morales, Afro, June 28, 2012
• Jon Yount: A Man Transformed, by James Kilgore and Teresa Barnes, Dissent Magazine, June 6, 2012
• Correcting the prison imbalance, Tribune-Star editorial board (Terre Haute, IN), May 16, 2012
• Council removes prisoners from legislative district, by Arthur Foulkes, Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, IN), May 11, 2012
• Prison part of Terre Haute redistricting considerations, by Arthur Foulkes, Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, IN), April 11, 2012

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• Gov. Cuomo’s Word, by the New York Times Editorial Board, March 14, 2012
• Kansas shouldn’t use prisoners to influence redistricting, by Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star, March 4, 2012
• Prisoners pad the population, by Joan Barron, Casper Star-Tribune (WY), March 4, 2012
• For drawing new districts, inmates may not be factor, by John Crane, Lynchburg News and Advance (VA), February 27, 2012
• Chris Hayes credits Executive Director Peter Wagner with “single-handedly” bringing the issue of prison-based gerrymandering to light. Up with Chris Hayes, Feb 18, 2012
• The Prison Policy Initiative’s research was cited in a question by Juan Williams to Rep. Pon Paul in the Republican Primary Debate in South Carolina, Fox News, January 16, 2012
• Counting Voters Fairly, by the New York Times Editorial Board, January 17, 2012
• Prisoners shouldn’t pad electoral districts, Roanoke Times editorial (VA), January 5, 2012
• Counties will have to follow suit with prison population change, by Brian Amaral, Watertown Daily Times, January 5, 2012
• Proposal would exclude prisoners for redistricting, By John Crane, Danville Register and Bee (VA), December 20, 2011
• Prisons and Redistricting, by the New York Times Editorial Board, December 22, 2011
• Group argues prison populations results in unbalanced wards, by Katherine Cummins, Fulton Sun (MO), December 18, 2011
• Interview with Peter Wagner on Metro Watch (audio), with Gloria Minott, WPFW (DC), December 7, 2011
• Criminal Justice: Prisoners Count, 2010 Annual Report, Public Welfare Foundation, December, 2011
• Councilors decide upon new districts, by James Beaty, McAlester News-Capital (OK), October 26, 2011
• Committee finalizes two of three plans to present to county commission, by Jerry Zorsch, Morgan County News (TN), October 5, 2011
• Playing the Inmate Card Skews Redistricting, by Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune, September 29, 2011
• Butting heads on head count, by James Beaty, McAlester Daily News, September 13, 2011
• Inmate counting law wins a round, by Jimmy Vielkind, Albany Times Union, August 12, 2011
• The right way for redistricting, by the Albany Times Union Editorial Board, August 10, 2011
• Dilan still has doubts on prison gerrymandering, by Carol Moran, Legislative Gazette, August 9, 2011
• Follow through on that veto promise, governor, by the Canandaigua Messenger Post Editorial Board, August 8, 2011
• Panel bows to county of state prison inmates at home, by Jimmy Vielkind, Albany Times Union, August 5, 2011
• Read our lips: LATFOR will count prisoners at home, by Jimmy Vielkind, Capitol Confidential, August 4, 2011
• State redistricting panel will follow prisoner counting law, by Jon Campbell, Gannett, August 4, 2011
• Oh, Is That the Law?, by the New York Times Editorial Board, July 29, 2011
• A Warning to LATFOR on Prisons: Obey the Law!, By Glenn Blain, New York Daily News, July 27, 2011
• Independence is key in state redistricting, by the Democrat and Chronicle Editorial Board, July 21, 2011
• Is LATFOR really defending itself?, by Jimmy Vielkind, Capitol Confidential, July 12, 2011
• Inmates key in redistricting issue, by Jimmy Vielkind, Albany Times Union, July 12, 2011
• What happened to the promise?, by the Albany Times Union Editorial Board, July 10, 2011
• Growing Redistricting Battle: Where Should Inmates Be Counted?, by Kenneth J. Cooper, New American Media, June 12, 2011
• Prison inmates at issue in redrawing political districts, by Kenneth J. Cooper, Bay State Banner, June 9, 2011
• Advocates: W.Mass. wants to keep its representation, by Richie Davis, Hampshire Gazette, June 6, 2011
• Panel Hears Redistricting Ideas, by Brian Steele, Springfield Republican, June 1, 2011
• Ghost districts, by Michael Horne, Milwaukee Magazine, May 11, 2011
• Where Prisoners Get Counted as Citizens and Why it Matters, by Stephen Reader, WNYC, May 26, 2011
• Citizens want input on redistricting by Kara Nuzback, Cape Gazette (Delaware), April 29, 2011
• County judge will not consider prison population in county redistricting, by Richard Porter, Plainview Herald, April 27, 2011
• Real Prisoners, Phantom Residents by New York Times Editorial Board, April 19, 2011
• More clout in District 4 by David Giuliani, Sauk Valley Daily Gazette, April 14, 2011
• Inmate population complicates Henry, Co. Council, by Nick Werner, The Star Press, April 11, 2011
• Counting prisoners in redistricting could distort voting in Barbour County, by Greg Phillips, Dothan Eagle, April 8, 2011
• Prisoners count for census, should they determine voting lines? by Stephanie Jones, The Journal Times, April 7, 2011
• Conn. lawmakers consider change in how prisoners are counted, by Angela Carter, New Haven Register, March 22, 2011
• Is the Census counting prisoners in the right place? By Mark Pazniokas, CTMirror.org, March 21, 2011
• Where to count prisoners poses redistricting dilemma, by Josh Goodman Stateline, March 21, 2011
• Zones: Effective Deterrent? Are they an effective deterrent, or just a lever to force lesser pleas from drug offenders? The new DA Talks About Drug-Free School Zones, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, March 18, 2011
• Counting inmates is an issue in Miss. redistricting, by Molly Davis, Montgomery Advertiser, February 27, 2011
• Supervisors name redistricting panel, by Michael Copley, Powhatan Today, February 23, 2011
• Community effort needed to reverse trend in under-18 population, by Mark Bennett, Tribune Star, February 13, 2011
• Rethinking Drug-Free School Zones: Gov. Patrick proposes changing a policy critics say is unfair and ineffective, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, February 10, 2011
• The too-long arm of the law, by Boston Globe editorial board, February 1, 2011
• Power to the (Prison) People, by Amanda J. Crawford, Phoenix Magazine, February, 2011
• Interterm Course Focuses on U.S. Prison System, by Eric Weld, Smith College Grecourt Gate, January 17, 2011
• [Connecticut] legislator eyes inmate residency, by Angela Carter, New Haven Register, November 26, 2010
• Adams: Are legislative maps hurting prison reforms?, by Pam Adams, The Journal Star (Peoria Illinois), Nov 10, 2010
• PFF Review: GERRYMANDERING, by Rich Drees, Film Buff Newsreel, October 15, 2010
• Gerrymandering: the review, by Matt Thomas, Examiner.com, October 11, 2010
• Dealing with loss of prison population, by Lindsay Suchow, Register-Star, September 29, 2010
• Lawmakers Urge a Change in How Inmates are Counted, by Julian Aguilar, Texas Tribune, September 9, 2010
• Legislature urged to change prisoners’ role in districting, by Frank Green, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), September 5, 2010.
• County omits prison count, by Lisa Tindell, The Atmore Advance (Escambia County, Alabama), August 30, 2010
• An End to Prison Gerrymandering, New York Times editorial, August 23, 2010.
• N.Y. prisoners switch districts; will R.I. follow?, by Ed Fitzpatrick (column), Providence Journal, August 17, 2010
• Balance of power changing in NY, Times Herald-Record editorial (Orange County, NY), August 8, 2010
• Prison-based gerrymandering should be abolished, The Daily Review editorial (Tioga, New York), August 7, 2010
• Change in inmate counting practices looms, by Lindsay Suchow, Register-Star, (Hudson-Catskill, NY region), August 7, 2010
• Inmates to be excluded from North Country districts (audio), by David Sommerstein, North Country Public Radio (NY), August 5, 2010
• Under New Bill, NYC’s Convicts Won’t Pad Upstate Districts, by Aaron Rutkoff, Wall Street Journal (blog), August 5, 2010
• I Think Not: Counting Correctly, by Will Doolittle (staff blog post), Post Star (Glens Falls, NY), August 4, 2010.
• Maryland Law Counts Prisoners According to Pre-Incarceration Residence, by Mike Rigby, Prison Legal News, August 2, 2011
• Prison Gerrymandering Still an Issue for the Eastern Shore, by Karen Hosler, WYPR (Baltimore, MD) July 20, 2010.
• Where’s home for an inmate? Answer may change soon, by Patricia Doxsey, The Daily Freeman (The Hudson Valley, NY), July 18, 2010
• Rome, Marcy face impact from proposed prisoner count change: Last address, not prison site, could become focus of legislative redistricting, by Dan Miner, The Observer Dispatch (Mohawk Valley, NY), July 1, 2010
• Do Rural Prisons Benefit Locals? by Ben Adler, Newsweek, July 1, 2010
• Inmate counting; It should be at their home addresses, Newsday editorial board, July 1, 2010
• A Chance for a Fairer Count, New York Times editorial, June 28, 2010
• Partial progress on justice reform, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate (W. Mass.) June 3, 2010
• Hawaii prisoners held on Mainland skew census results, by Michael Tsai, The Honolulu Adverstiser, May 15, 2010
• City softens stance on prison census, by John Hill, Providence Journal [Rhode Island], May 6, 2010
• Adams: Where should prisoners be counted?, by Pam Adams, The Journal Star (Peoria Illinois), May 2, 2010
• Fairer election districts ahead: Bill to remove inmates from redistricting formulas passed The Daily Times (Somerset County, MD) April 5, 2010
• Political Prisoners in the United States?, by Dr. Daniel E. Loeb, The Philadelphia Jewish Voice, April, 2010
• Reclaiming ‘one man, one vote’ The Baltimore Sun editorial, April 27, 2010
• Inmates to play new redistricting role, by Liam Farrell, The Capital, April 27, 2010
• Our View: Victory for Fairness, Delmarva Daily Times editorial, April 17, 2010
• Rights groups rejoice in Somerset election change, by Liz Holland, Delmarva Daily Times, April 16, 2010
• A Fairer Way to Count, New York Times editorial, April 15, 2010
• Md. to count prisoners in their home towns, by Carol Morello, Washington Post, April 15, 2010
• Prisoners can’t vote, but do count, by Alexandra Brell (op-ed) Daily Sundial (California State University, Northridge), April 15, 2010
• Does counting inmates in council districts skew representation? Policy group says yes, by Mark Bennett, The Tribune Star, April 14, 2010
• The Census and Democracy: Maryland Fixes a Major Error, by Erik Lotke, The Huffington Post, April 14, 2010
• The Case of Cranston’s Phantom Prison Constituents, by Te-Ping Chen, Change.org, April 14, 2010
• Maryland’s Big Step on Prison Census Reform, by Matt Kelley, Change.org, April 14, 2010
• Jail and the Census: A Change That Counts, Easthampton’s Prison Policy Initiative scores a victory for fair political representation, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate, April 8, 2010
• Census ‘snapshot’ shifts some residents, by R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, April 2, 2010
• Why the state should stop “prison gerrymandering,” by Betsy Yagla, New Haven Advocate, April 1, 2010
• Change where incarcerated people are counted, by Peter Wagner, Insights on Law & Society, March 31, 2010
• Do Prisoners Count? Census 2010 could super-enfranchise some, by Nathaniel Hoffman, Boise Weekly, March 31, 2010
• A Proper Count of Inmates, New York Times editorial, March 24, 2010.
• How the Census Counts Prisoners: Significant Political Stakes by Neal Peirce (column) Nation Cities Weekly (National League of Cities) March 15, 2010
• The Fancy Broccoli Show with Peter Wagner on WVKR Vassar College, March 14, 2010, Poughkeepsie NY
• Prison-policy study shows how inmate counts yield redistricting clout by Casey Selix, Minnesota Post, March 9, 2010
• Who gets to count inmates? Bill would switch residency by Keith Goldberg, Times Herald-Record (Albany, NY), March 1, 2010
• Our View: Don’t count prisoners with voters, Editorial, Utica Observer-Dispatch (Oneida County, NY), February 25, 2010
• Legislation would stop ‘prison-based gerrymandering’, Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard editorial, Feb. 24, 2010
• In new Census, home is where the vote should be, Editorial, Times Herald-Record (Hudson Valley and the Catskills, NY), February 19, 2010
• 1/2 of Rome ward’s residents are prisoners, by Jennifer Fusco, Utica Observer-Dispatch (Oneida County, NY), February 18, 2010
• Counting prisoners is an issue for us all, by Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star, February 17, 2010
• Census and Counting Prison Populations with Bob Paquette on WFCR, February 16, 2010, Amherst, MA
• Reformers Score a Census Victory by Skipping Prisoners?, by Matt Kelley, Change.org, February 11, 2010
• States get new leeway to tally prisoners in census, by Hope Yen, Associated Press, February 11, 2010
• Prisons, Redistricting and the Census, Editorial, New York Times, February 11, 2010
• Census engaged in ‘prison-based gerrymandering,’ report says, by Andrew Paley, Medill Reports Chicago, February 4, 2010
• When Numbers Lie: Prisoners of the Census in New York, by Michelle Chen, RaceWire: The Colorlines Blog, February, 2010
• Prisoner Count: Should U.S. Census tabulations include those incarcerated in the prison’s community? Voting rights activists are among those who don’t think so, [PDF] by Jessica Pupovac, Illinois Issues, February, 2010
• Why Some Prisoners Have Become Coveted Constituency , by Kathryn Wiley, Justice Fellowship, January 29, 2010
• State prisoners could become unlikely political prize, Utica Observer-Dispatch (Oneida County, NY), January 28, 2010
• On the Count: The Prison & Criminal Justice Report with Eddie Ellis on WBAI New York interviews New York Senator Schneiderman and Executive Director Peter Wagner about legislation pending in New York State to end prison-based gerrymandering. January 16, 2010 mp3 25:50
• Don’t count prisoners as constituents, Utica Observer-Dispatch Oneida County, NY) editorial, January 7, 2010
• Should prisoners count when drawing legislative districts?, by Jennifer Fusco, Utica Observer-Dispatch (Oneida County, NY), January 2, 2010
• Halos and Horns: The best of the year gone by by Valley Advocate, (Western Mass.), December 31, 2009
• Census: Where Should We Count Prison Inmates? Dodge County Wisconsin Supervisor Jim Leyman and Peter Wagner discuss prison-based gerrymandering with Celeste Headlee on The Take Away, December 31, 2009. Listen: mp3, 6:40
• TalkBack! with Hugh Hamilton, WBAI New York. Hugh interviews Brenda Wright of Demos about the Census, mass incarceration and the lessons of Michael Cady. December 30, 2010 mp3 28:13
• What the census will get wrong by Mary Sanchez, Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy Newspapers, November 6, 2009
• Prisons and City Elections, by Joyce Russell, Iowa Public Radio, November 3, 2009. Listen: mp3
• The Prison Town Advantage Inmates who can’t vote nevertheless add to the power of the politicians who don’t represent them, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate (Western Mass.), October 8, 2009
• Prisons can inflate districts’ influence: A researcher says Oklahoma voters get unequal representation, by Michael Overall, Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) September 20, 2009
• Prisoners of the Census: How the Incarcerated are Counted Distorts our Politics, by Christian Smith-Socaris, Progressive States Dispatch, September 14, 2009
• Lock Up, U.S.A.: A startling statistical rap sheet on our prison system, datagraphic by Nigel Holmes, American History magazine, October 2009.
• Report: Census Prisoner Count Dilutes Urban Political Clout By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Legal Intelligencer, June 26, 2009
• Before Census, a Debate Over Prisoners: Critics Say Current Method of Counting Inmates Distorts Rural, Urban Tallies, by Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, April 26, 2009
• Prison Communities: Representation is Not Created Equal: Bill would end gerrymandering in sparsely populated communities, by Brian Stimson, The Skanner (Portland, OR), March 18, 2009
• Urban Penalty: Do drug-free school zones unfairly target cities and people of color?, by Maureen Turner, Valley Advocate (Western Massachusetts) February 26, 2009
• Mass. sentencing laws not doing the job by St. John Barned-Smith, Bay State Banner (Boston, MA), February 19, 2009
• You’re Probably in a Drug-Free School Zone Right Now: For all the good it does, by Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix February 11, 2009
• The Census: Phantom Constituents by Brent Staples, New York Times February 6, 2009
• Policy group calls RSU 13 apportionment unconstitutional, by Shlomit Auciello, Herald Gazette (Rockland, ME), January 15, 2009
• That’s Two for Me New York Times Editorial, November 12, 2008
• Census Bureau’s Counting of Prisoners Benefits Some Rural Voting Districts by Sam Roberts, New York Times, October 23, 2008
• New report shows harm caused by Massachusetts’ school zone law, [PDF] FAMMGram (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) Fall 2008, p. 9.
• Census bungles prison populations, by Nathaniel Hoffman, Boise Weekly, October 6, 2008.
• Expert on Voting Rights to Speak at Smith, by Elena Lavarreda, Smith College Sophian, September 25, 2008
• Drug free zones facing review, by Jo-Ann Moriarty, The Republican (Springfield, MA) July 26, 2008
• Fuzzy Math: Is the Census Bureau creating unfair politics in Wisconsin?, by Evan Solochek, Milwaukee Magazine March 2008. (Winner: Best Single Feature Story Under 30”, 2008 Excellence in Journalism, Milwaukee Press Club)
• Group says prisoners skew political clout: Some state officials call for redistricting, Erik Schelzig, Associated Press, February 21, 2008.
• A Battle Over Prisons New York Times Editorial, February 12, 2007
• Political Power of Prisons, by Will Doolittle, Glens Falls Post-Star (NY) November 8, 2007.
• Counting Convicts, by Andrea Senteno and Jay Cerrato, October 31, 2007
• Inmate count debate opens old wounds, by David Sommerstein, North Country Public Radio, October 30, 2007
• Inmates Have Political Pull in Some New York Counties, by Sam Roberts, New York Times, August 7, 2007
• Phantom Voters in New York, New York Times Editorial, July 23, 2007
• Using inmates for politics Prison census boosts political influence for some N.Y. counties, by Michael Hill, Associated Press, Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, NY) and in papers across upstate New York, July 17, 2007
• Unfinished business, The Post-Standard editorial (Syracuse, NY), May 20, 2007
• Choose prison or school by Press-Register (Mobile AL) editorial board, May 12, 2007
• Spitzer must lead drug law reform, by Gabriel Sayegh, Albany Times Union, April 26, 2007
• Hey, that’s my prisoner: Pols want the numbers, by Eileen Markey, City Limits, Feb 26, 2007.
• Prisoners of the Census Bureau: How and where the U.S. counts inmates has huge, and unsettling, consequences, by Marie Gottschalk, Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2007
• Reversing the Prison Trend , El Diario Editorial, February 15, 2007. Also in Spanish: Retrocediendo la tendencia en prisiones
• Census Boon? Some critics say districts with prisons are given too much aid, political clout, by Frank Green, Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), January 22, 2007
• The Empire Stakes, 2012: N.Y. Redistricting Is Already a Hot Topic as Seat Loss Looms, by Josh Kurtz, Roll Call, January 18, 2007
• Ending the Prison Windfall New York Times Editorial, January 17, 2007
• Co czwarty więzień to Amerykanin (Every fourth prisoner is an American) by Jędrzej Bielec, Rzeczpospolita (Poland) January 17, 2007.
• Prisoner census creates problems for democracy, Corrections Professional, Nov 10, 2006
• Census counts prisoners as rural residents by Scott Henson, Grits for Breakfast October 22, 2006
• Fresh Insights for Albany, Gleaned Behind Bars, by Clyde Haberman, New York Times, October 20, 2006
• Census Bureau’s Own Study Says Bureau Should Stop Miscounting Prisoners, by Ben Greenberg, Hungry Blues, October 14, 2006
• Inmates lower crime count, by Sarah Burge, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), October 14, 2006
• Inmate population affects Senate district lines, by Will Doolittle, Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), October 9, 2006
• A Vote for a Smarter Census New York Times Editorial, September 18, 2006
• Fair hearings for children, Boston Globe editorial, September 15, 2006
• Panel recommends change in how prisoners are counted in U.S. Census, by Sam Roberts, New York Times, September 15, 2006
• Counting Off Upstate: Just Say Moo, by Ezekiel Edwards, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2006
• We’re a long way from real democracy Bad laws and manipulation still keep many people, especially poor and minority, out of the voting booth, editorial by Cole Krawitz and Jay Toole, New York Newsday, August 25, 2006
• Prison-Based Gerrymandering New York Times Editorial, May 20, 2006
• Court Asks if Residency Follows Inmates Up the River by Sam Roberts, New York Times, May 13, 2006
• Phantom Constituents Behind Bars New York Times Editorial, May 2, 2006
• Counting Noses in Prison New York Times Editorial, April 18, 2006
• Bruno’s captive majority, by Errol Louis, New York Daily News, April 18, 2006
• The (Un)Usual Residence Rule, by Ezekiel Edwards, DMI BLog, March 28, 2006
• If a coalition of congressmen get their way, Vigo County and Congressional District 8 could be facing a serious population decrease, by Mark Bennett (column), Tribune Star (Terre Haute, IN), March 18, 2006
• Distorting political reality, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial, March 17, 2006
• Census inmate count gives some areas more political clout, by Greg Wright, Gannett News Service, March 10, 2006
• Serrano, Census are at odds on inmates, by Louise Radnofsky, The Bronx Beat, March 6, 2006
• Phantom voters distort the urban-rural political balance of power, by David Goldstein, Horsesass.org, March 1, 2006
• Harper’s Index, Harpers Magazine, March 2006
• Counting in New York, by Journal News Editorial, Journal News (Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam, NY), February 25, 2006
• Counting Convicts: Do it here or there?, Editorial in the Jackson City Patriot (Michigan), February 9, 2006
• Voting rights denied for convicted felons by Vidya Rao, Boston - Bay State Banner, February 2, 2006
• Inmate census: Hometowns, not prison locales should get to count felons Flint Journal editorial, February 2, 2006
• Phantom Voters, Thanks to the Census New York Times Editorial, December 27, 2005
• Phantom Voters Aid New York Republicans, by Steve Zemke, Majority Rules Blog, December 27, 2005
• Update - Phantom voters in Washington State, by Steve Zemke, Majority Rules Blog, December 27, 2005
• Senseless Census by Susan E. McGregor, The Amsterdam News, October 20, 2005
• Keep transferring or build here? Costs, economics not that simple, by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Advertiser, October 3, 2005
• From miles away, troubled boy finds father knows best, by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Advertiser, October 2, 2005
• Phantom Constituents in the Census New York Times Editorial, September 26, 2005
• Contract Lens: As states continue to outsource corrections services, they are struggling to find the right level of private-prison scrutiny, by Zach Patton, Governing Magazine, April 2005
• Who should count Auburn’s prisoners? By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Citizen (Auburn, NY) Feb 28, 2005
• Prison inmates, Republican constituents by Andrew Cuomo, Albany Times Union, January 19, 2005.
• More clout (editorial) Great Falls Tribune (Montana), January 1, 2005
• Why Some Politicians Need Their Prisons to Stay Full Editorial Observer Column by Brent Staples, New York Times, December 27, 2004
• Counting criminals, by Brad Tyer, Missoula Independent (MT), December 23, 2004
• Census prison count boosts political clout of rural areas, by Kirsten Searer, Las Vegas Sun, December 16, 2004
• Study: Census count of inmates boosts rural Nevada clout by Brendan Riley, Associated Press (and appearing in newspapers across Nevada), December 16, 2004
• Jailhouse Blues New York Times Editorial, November 22, 2004
• Prisoners of the Census by Jordan Smith, Austin Chronicle, November 12, 2004
• Where prisoners ‘live’ is a question of power Counting prisoners as residents of rural counties robs cities of clout, money and services, some say, by Asher Price, Austin American-Statesman, November 8, 2004
• Head count: The Census counts prisoners as residents of the towns where they’re incarcerated. One crusading lawyer from Northampton thinks this little clerical matter is a big problem for American democracy, by Drake Bennett, Boston Globe, September 26, 2004
• Prison riot followed increase in inmates Lee County center took in 400 prisoners from Vermont and cut back on privileges, by Deborah Yetter and Mark Pitsch, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) September 17, 2004
• Census shorts urban population Prisoner relocation skews census stats for large Ohio cities, by Adam Cook, The Lantern (Ohio State University), July 15, 2004.
• Report: Prisoner census causes cities to lose political clout to rural areas, by Greg Wright, Gannett News Service, Chillicothe Gazette (and in newspapers across the state), July 7, 2004
• Inmate count hurts urban counties Part of population recorded in rural areas, study says, by Aaron Powell Jr., Dayton Daily News, July 7, 2004
• Counting prisoners in Wisconsin by Youssef Sawan & Kristian Knutsen, The Wisconsinite, June 22, 2004
• Disenfranchising Felons Hurts Entire Communities [PDF] by Marc Mauer, Focus (Joint Center on Political and Economic Studies, Wash. D.C.) May/June 2004
• Prisoners: North Country Residents? by David Sommerstein, North Country Public Radio (New York), March 5, 2004 (transcript, Listen Real audio )
• Imprisoned In New York. by Andrew Beveridge, Gotham Gazette, February 2004
• Letter to the editor, by Eric Lotke, The Nation, December 29, 2003
• Down for the (Re)count The Census counts prisoners in their cells, not their neighborhoods. Now a move is afoot to change their addresses. By Matthew Schuerman, City Limits, December 15, 2003.
• Smith Interterm offers stress-free syllabus, Boston Herald, January 5, 2003
• How the U.S prison system makes minority communities pay, by Zachary Dowdy, The New Crisis Magazine, July/August 2002
• Report warns U.S. prisons overcrowded by Shaphan Marwah, University Wire, April 15, 2002
• Minority Prison Inmates Skew Local Populations as States Redistrict by Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service, March 12, 2002