Prison Policy Initiative: Virginia Legislature Passes Law Ending Prison Gerrymandering
April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020
NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, April 28 -- The Prison Policy Initiative issued the following news release:
Last week, Virginia passed Senate Bill 717 and its identical House bill, HB 1255, which ensure that people in state prisons will be counted as residents of their home addresses when new legislative districts are drawn. The new law makes Virginia the ninth state to end the practice known as prison gerrymandering, after Colorado and New Jersey passed their own laws earlier this year . . .
Last week, Virginia passed Senate Bill 717 and its identical House bill, HB 1255, which ensure that people in state prisons will be counted as residents of their home addresses when new legislative districts are drawn. The new law makes Virginia the ninth state to end the practice known as prison gerrymandering, after Colorado and New Jersey passed their own laws earlier this year . . .