Prison Policy Initiative: Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Signs Bill Ending Prison Gerrymandering
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, May 28 (TNSPol) -- The Prison Policy Initiative issued the following news release on May 27, 2021:
Yesterday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill ensuring that people in state prisons will hereafter be counted as residents of their home addresses when new legislative districts are drawn. The new law makes Connecticut the eleventh state to end the practice known as prison gerrymandering, after Illinois passed its own bill earlier this year.
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Yesterday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill ensuring that people in state prisons will hereafter be counted as residents of their home addresses when new legislative districts are drawn. The new law makes Connecticut the eleventh state to end the practice known as prison gerrymandering, after Illinois passed its own bill earlier this year.
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