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The Census Bureau is giving organizations and individuals until September 1st to submit comments on the proposed residence rules for the 2020 Census.
The current proposal includes plans to continue counting incarcerated people as "residents" of prison locations instead of their home addresses. We have all of the information you need to send in a comment urging the Census Bureau to change this inaccurate and outdated methodology. Our Prisoners of the Census
website provides a detailed look at the problem of prison gerrymandering and its impact on individual states. And, for inspiration, check out our blog series highlighting key passages from past submissions to the Bureau.
Written comments regarding the proposed "2020 Census Residence Rule and Residence Situations" can be emailed by September 1st to Karen Humes, Chief, Population Division at POP.2020.Residence.Rule@census.gov
If you submit a comment letter to the Bureau, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could please forward a copy to us at FRN@prisonpolicy.org
Our work is made possible by private donations. Can you help us keep going? We can accept tax-deductible gifts online or via paper checks sent to PO Box 127 Northampton MA 01061. Thank you!
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Our friends at LatinoJustice PRLDEF are also calling for new residence rules for incarcerated people, noting that different rules apply to boarding school students and members of Congress. "More privileged populations are counted in a way that recognizes their connections to their true homes and communities," they write. Read their press statement
and their excellent comment letter.
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Prison Policy Initiative
PO Box 127
Northampton, Mass. 01061
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