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Pa. ends ‘prison gerrymandering’ with closely divided committee vote Aug 24, 2021 Khalif Ali, who directs Pennsylvania’s chapter of government accountability nonprofit Common Cause, called the change “is an important step toward fully representative legislative districts in Pennsylvania” that has been “a long time coming.”
Aug 24, 2021 · HARRISBURG — Thousands of people incarcerated in state prisons will be counted in their home communities rather than in corrections facilities when Pennsylvania redraws its legislative maps, a major change that advocates hailed as the end of a racist policy.
- Sarah Anne Hughes
- Deputy Editor
Aug 24, 2021 · HARRISBURG — Thousands of people incarcerated in state prisons will be counted in their home communities rather than in corrections facilities when Pennsylvania redraws its legislative maps, a...
Aug 24, 2021 · August 24, 2021 6:41 PM EDT. A Pennsylvania commission responsible for drawing the state’s legislative districts voted 3-2 on Tuesday to end prison gerrymandering, the practice of counting...
Sep 21, 2021 · HARRISBURG — Thousands of people will be excluded from a new redistricting policy that counts state prisoners in their home communities rather than in corrections facilities, rolling back part of a major change that shifts political power away from predominantly white, rural districts.
- Government Reporter
Aug 24, 2021 · In a boost for Democrats' prospects in 2022, Pennsylvania's redistricting commission voted Tuesday to stop considering incarcerated people as "residents" of state prisons, a practice that had...
Oct 1, 2021 · The commission that draws state House and Senate maps has opted to count most of Pennsylvania’s roughly 40,000 state prisoners in the districts where they’re originally from, not where they’re...
