Publications
U.S. Census and Incarceration
A Media Guide to Redistricting
This guide provides members of the media with information and tools to open the doors and bring public awareness to a process that is frequently obscure and opaque. The Guide offers a comprehensive yet comprehensible discussion of redistricting issues, information on how redistricting is conducted in each state, and comparison charts of various redistricting methods. We all have an obligation to try to crack open the doors of the process. There is a tremendous story to be told, and the media can play a vital role in telling it.
Authored by: Erika Wood & Myrna Pérez
– 03/07/11
“Home” in 2010
A report on the feasibility of enumerating people in prison at their home addresses in the next census. People in prison are temporarily absent from their home communities. Yet at census time the Bureau enumerates them as if prison were their usual residence.
Authored by: Kirsten D. Levingston and Christopher Muller
– 02/15/06
Incarcerated People and the Census
Painting a distorted picture of Virginia. This report outlines the state level effects of the United States Census Bureau’s policy for counting prison populations.
Authored by: Patricia Allard and Chris Muller
– 01/11/05
Accuracy Counts
Incarcerated People and the Census
Authored by: Patricia Allard and Kirsten D. Levingston
– 04/08/04
One Size Does Not Fit All
Why the Census Bureau Should Change the Way It Counts Prisoners
Authored by: Patricia Allard, Molly K. Biklen and Kirsten D. Levingston
– 08/01/03