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Andrew Adams is a J.D. candidate at the City University of New York School of Law. He is working on prison-based gerrymandering issues with the Prison Policy Initiative in Northampton, MA.
Friday, March 18, 2011 Rural New York Legislators Propose Resurrecting Jim Crow (3 comments)
With the census complete, local and state governments are beginning the redistricting process. This article analyzes how prison-based gerrymandering, counting prisoners where they are locked up, rather than where their homes are, distorts the democratic process.