Former prisoners sue to end ‘prison gerrymandering’ in Pa.
Publisher |
WHYY
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Mar 02, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:12:13

The NAACP is suing Pennsylvania on behalf of three formerly incarcerated men from Philadelphia to stop “prison gerrymandering,” or counting people in state prisons as residents of the areas where they are incarcerated instead of where they lived. The practice has helped shift political power from urban to more rural parts of the state.

Guests: Jonathan Lai, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Aaron Moselle, WHYY

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