Where to count inmates an issue in redistricting

‘Statewide, the practice can shift power to areas that host prisons, which tend to be more rural. Kuniholm said the census count helps determine what resources and services are allocated to an area. ‘It amplifies the voice of communities that have prisons and want to keep those prisons full, and it diminishes the voice of communities that are harmed by mass incarceration,’ she said.“

WITF Harrisburg

January 28, 2019