Prison Gerrymandering and Reform Efforts
This page includes reports on prison gerrymandering in 34 states – 13 states with and 21 states without statewide reforms in the 2021 redistricting cycle.
States that implemented reforms did so by reallocating some incarcerated people to their last known address and creating an adjusted population dataset that is used for redistricting. Our national report analyzes the impact of these reforms, highlighting how policy choices and data quality affect the extent to which reform is implemented.
Reports estimating the impact of prison gerrymandering in 21 states without statewide reforms are also available. Learn where incarcerated people were counted, and how prison gerrymandering is estimated to affect the populations of congressional and state legislative districts.
Prison Gerrymandering
Learn what prison gerrymandering is and how it affects redistricting and representation
States that Adjust the Census Data for Redistricting
Track which states are using the PL 94-171 census data with or without adjustment for the purposes of legislative or congressional redistricting
National Report on 13 States with Statewide Prison Gerrymandering Reforms
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