Connecticut Campaign to End Prison Gerrymandering Gains Momentum
Excerpt of speeches by Claudine Fox, advocacy director, ACLU of Connecticut & Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus
May 5, 2021
On April 26, the U.S. Census Bureau released initial data from the 2020 Census. Population shifts across the country over the last 10 years will mean that six mostly red states will add House seats, while seven mostly blue states will each lose one seat. Census numbers determine not only representation in Congress, but the amount of federal funds allocated to communities.
With the political impact of the census in mind, advocates of a bill in Connecticut to end what they call “prison gerrymandering” held a rally at the Capitol in Hartford on April 28. Incarcerated people in the state are currently counted as residents of the cities and towns where prisons are located, which are mostly white, rural areas, as opposed to the urban centers where the ma
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