The Effects of Prisoner Reallocation in Redistricting

• In Event: Redistricting and Gerrymandering

Brief Overview

A dozen states reallocate Census counts of prisoner populations back to their previous home addresses for the purposes of redistricting. In this paper, we investigate the effects of these shifts at both the federal and state legislative level.

Authors

• Brian Matthew Amos, Wichita State University

• Michael P. McDonald, University of Florida

• Steven Gerontakis, University of Florida