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Oladeru, et al.]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cam4.6162</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10732427/"><title><![CDATA[Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases:]]></title><link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10732427/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10732427/">Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases:</a> An analysis of jail intake data by Alysse G. Wurcel, Rubeen Guardado, Emily D. 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This new resource aims to change that by centralizing news, educational resources, legislative updates, and more to support movements for independent corrections oversight.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/25/prison_oversight/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/14/pie-2024/"><title><![CDATA[Tenth-Anniversary Edition of The Whole Pie Report Provides the Big Picture of Mass Incarceration — and Busts 10 of the Most Persistent Myths about Prisons, Jails, and Crime]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/14/pie-2024/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/14/pie-2024/">Tenth-Anniversary Edition of The Whole Pie Report Provides the Big Picture of Mass Incarceration — and Busts 10 of the Most Persistent Myths about Prisons, Jails, and Crime</a> to the Prison Policy Blog. <p><i>New report shows prison and jail populations rebounding after the pandemic and warns of the return of so-called “tough-on-crime” laws</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/14/pie-2024/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/18/welcome_regan_huston/"><title><![CDATA[Welcome, Regan Huston!]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/18/welcome_regan_huston/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/18/welcome_regan_huston/">Welcome, Regan Huston!</a> to the Prison Policy Blog. <p><i>Please welcome our new Digital Communications Strategist, Regan Huston!</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/18/welcome_regan_huston/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/05/womens_pie_2024/"><title><![CDATA[New report, Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024, shows the size and scope of women’s incarceration in America]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/05/womens_pie_2024/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/05/womens_pie_2024/">New report, Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024, shows the size and scope of women’s incarceration in America</a> to the Prison Policy Blog. <p><i>Report shows the unique and troubling role that jails play in women’s incarceration.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/03/05/womens_pie_2024/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://reprieve.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/2024_04_17_PUB-Botched-lethal-injection-report-FINAL.pdf"><title><![CDATA[Lethal injection in the modern era:]]></title><link>https://reprieve.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/2024_04_17_PUB-Botched-lethal-injection-report-FINAL.pdf</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://reprieve.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/2024_04_17_PUB-Botched-lethal-injection-report-FINAL.pdf">Lethal injection in the modern era:</a> Cruel, unusual, and racist by Reprieve]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://reprieve.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/2024_04_17_PUB-Botched-lethal-injection-report-FINAL.pdf</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994123/"><title><![CDATA[Evaluation of Changes in US Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals With Criminal Legal Involvement]]></title><link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994123/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994123/">Evaluation of Changes in US Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals With Criminal Legal Involvement</a> in Medicaid Expansion and Nonexpansion States, 2010 to 2017 by Benjamin A. Howell, Laura Hawks, Emily A. Wang, and Tyler N. A. Winkelman]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994123/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315495546_The_Affordable_Care_Act_Insurance_Coverage_and_Health_Care_Utilization_of_Previously_Incarcerated_Young_Men_2008-2015"><title><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, & Health Care Utilization]]></title><link>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315495546_The_Affordable_Care_Act_Insurance_Coverage_and_Health_Care_Utilization_of_Previously_Incarcerated_Young_Men_2008-2015</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315495546_The_Affordable_Care_Act_Insurance_Coverage_and_Health_Care_Utilization_of_Previously_Incarcerated_Young_Men_2008-2015">The Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, & Health Care Utilization</a> of Previously Incarcerated Young Men: 2008-2015 by Tyler N.A. Winkelman, HwaJung Choi, and Matthew M. Davis]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315495546_The_Affordable_Care_Act_Insurance_Coverage_and_Health_Care_Utilization_of_Previously_Incarcerated_Young_Men_2008-2015</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987941/"><title><![CDATA[Employment and Health Among Recently Incarcerated Men]]></title><link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987941/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987941/">Employment and Health Among Recently Incarcerated Men</a> Before and After the Affordable Care Act (2009-2017) by Carmen M. Gutierrez and Becky Pettit]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987941/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0005?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed"><title><![CDATA[Justice-Involved Adults With Substance Use Disorders:]]></title><link>https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0005?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0005?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed">Justice-Involved Adults With Substance Use Disorders:</a> Coverage Increased But Rates Of Treatment Did Not In 2014 by Brendan Saloner, Sachini N. Bandara, Emma E. McGinty, and Colleen L. Barry]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0005?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12344"><title><![CDATA[Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest]]></title><link>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12344</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12344">Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest</a> by Benjamin W. Fisher & Alex O. Widdowson]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12344</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12347"><title><![CDATA[Criminal record stigma, race, and neighborhood inequality]]></title><link>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12347</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12347">Criminal record stigma, race, and neighborhood inequality</a> by Laura M. DeMarco]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12347</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128714549655?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.28"><title><![CDATA[Following Incarceration, Most Released Offenders Never Return to Prison]]></title><link>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128714549655?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.28</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128714549655?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.28">Following Incarceration, Most Released Offenders Never Return to Prison</a> by William Rhodes, Gerald Gaes, Jeremy Luallen, Ryan Kling, Tom Rich, and Michael Shively]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128714549655?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.28</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/28/releases-sex-state/"><title><![CDATA[Since you asked: How many women and men are released from each state’s prisons and jails every year?]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/28/releases-sex-state/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/28/releases-sex-state/">Since you asked: How many women and men are released from each state’s prisons and jails every year?</a> to the Prison Policy Blog. <p><i>We’ve drilled down into 2019 data to show prison and jail releases by sex in each state and made our best estimates of how many women and men were released from prisons and jails nationwide in 2022.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/28/releases-sex-state/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/20/cautionary_jails/"><title><![CDATA[Cautionary jails: Deconstructing the three “C”s of jail construction arguments]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/20/cautionary_jails/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/20/cautionary_jails/">Cautionary jails: Deconstructing the three “C”s of jail construction arguments</a> to the Prison Policy Blog. <p><i>Communities across the country have been told that investing in new jail construction is the only way to solve old policy problems, but arguments for new jails can leave them with a billion-dollar case of buyer’s remorse.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/02/20/cautionary_jails/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10878363/"><title><![CDATA[The deadliest local police departments kill 6.91 times more frequently than the least deadly departments...]]></title><link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10878363/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10878363/">The deadliest local police departments kill 6.91 times more frequently than the least deadly departments...</a> by Josh Leung-Gagne]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10878363/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41887-021-00071-6"><title><![CDATA[Reducing Missed Appointments for Probation and Parole Supervision:]]></title><link>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41887-021-00071-6</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41887-021-00071-6">Reducing Missed Appointments for Probation and Parole Supervision:</a> a Randomized Experiment with Text Message Reminders by Charise Hastings, Chris Thomas, Michael Ostermann, Jordan M. Hyatt, & Steve Payne]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41887-021-00071-6</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10729313/"><title><![CDATA[Jail Conditions And Mortality:]]></title><link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10729313/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10729313/">Jail Conditions And Mortality:</a> Death Rates Associated With Turnover, Jail Size, And Population Characteristics by Jessica L. Adler and Weiwei Chen]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10729313/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_pubs/285/"><title><![CDATA[Gender Differences in the Determinants of Prison Rule Violations]]></title><link>https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_pubs/285/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_pubs/285/">Gender Differences in the Determinants of Prison Rule Violations</a> by Katarzyna Celinska & Hung-En Sung]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_pubs/285/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2815241"><title><![CDATA[Incarceration History and Access to and Receipt of Health Care in the US]]></title><link>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2815241</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2815241">Incarceration History and Access to and Receipt of Health Care in the US</a> by Jingxuan Zhao, Jessica Star, Xuesong Han, Zhiyuan Zheng, Qinjin Fan, Sylvia Kewei Shi, Stacey A. Fedewa, K. Robin Yabroff, Leticia M. Nogueira]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2815241</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://mn.gov/doc/assets/ACEs%20Discipline%20Study%20-%20Final%20-%20March%202024_tcm1089-615740.pdf"><title><![CDATA[Sex Differences in the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Institutional Misconduct among Adults in Prison]]></title><link>https://mn.gov/doc/assets/ACEs%20Discipline%20Study%20-%20Final%20-%20March%202024_tcm1089-615740.pdf</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://mn.gov/doc/assets/ACEs%20Discipline%20Study%20-%20Final%20-%20March%202024_tcm1089-615740.pdf">Sex Differences in the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Institutional Misconduct among Adults in Prison</a> by Minnesota Department of Corrections]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://mn.gov/doc/assets/ACEs%20Discipline%20Study%20-%20Final%20-%20March%202024_tcm1089-615740.pdf</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://mn.gov/doc/assets/VeteranMortality_DOCversion_tcm1089-602499.pdf"><title><![CDATA[Mortality Among Individuals Released from U.S. Prisons:]]></title><link>https://mn.gov/doc/assets/VeteranMortality_DOCversion_tcm1089-602499.pdf</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://mn.gov/doc/assets/VeteranMortality_DOCversion_tcm1089-602499.pdf">Mortality Among Individuals Released from U.S. Prisons:</a> Does Military History Matter? by Minnesota Department of Corrections]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://mn.gov/doc/assets/VeteranMortality_DOCversion_tcm1089-602499.pdf</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00333549221076546"><title><![CDATA[Hepatitis C Epidemiology in a Large Urban Jail:]]></title><link>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00333549221076546</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00333549221076546">Hepatitis C Epidemiology in a Large Urban Jail:</a> A Changing Demographic by Emily Hoff, Andrea Warden, Ruby Taylor, and Ank E. Nijhawan]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00333549221076546</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X231170112"><title><![CDATA[Lifetime and Jail-Specific Suicidal Ideation:]]></title><link>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X231170112</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X231170112">Lifetime and Jail-Specific Suicidal Ideation:</a> Prevalence and Correlates in a Sample of People in Jail in the United States by Bryce E. Stoliker, Haile Wangler, Frances P. Abderhalden, and Lisa M. Jewell]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X231170112</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12364"><title><![CDATA[Degrees of difference:]]></title><link>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12364</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12364">Degrees of difference:</a> Do college credentials earned behind bars improve labor market outcomes? by Abby Ballou]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12364</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12362"><title><![CDATA[Homicides involving Black victims are less likely to be cleared in the United States]]></title><link>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12362</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12362">Homicides involving Black victims are less likely to be cleared in the United States</a> by Gian Maria Campedelli]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-9125.12362</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/04/29/race_ethnicity_standards/"><title><![CDATA[Changes to federal race & ethnicity standards give states an opportunity to improve data for prison gerrymandering reform]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/04/29/race_ethnicity_standards/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/04/29/race_ethnicity_standards/">Changes to federal race & ethnicity standards give states an opportunity to improve data for prison gerrymandering reform</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>States should consider new race and ethnicity standards when preparing to implement prison gerrymandering reform in the 2030 redistricting cycle</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/04/29/race_ethnicity_standards/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/12/jazz_hayden/"><title><![CDATA[In Memory of Joseph “Jazz” Hayden]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/12/jazz_hayden/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/12/jazz_hayden/">In Memory of Joseph “Jazz” Hayden</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>Jazz was a driving force for ending the disenfranchisement of incarcerated people and a powerful ally in our efforts to combat prison gerrymandering.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/12/jazz_hayden/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/30/montana_oped/"><title><![CDATA[Montana legislators call for Census Bureau action on “clear, bipartisan consensus” for ending prison gerrymandering]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/30/montana_oped/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/30/montana_oped/">Montana legislators call for Census Bureau action on “clear, bipartisan consensus” for ending prison gerrymandering</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>New national op-ed shows the growing bipartisan calls for the Census Bureau to finally fix how it counts incarcerated people. </i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/30/montana_oped/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/17/frn_comments/"><title><![CDATA[In their own words: Incarcerated people, their families, governments, and advocates tell the Census Bureau to end prison gerrymandering]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/17/frn_comments/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/17/frn_comments/">In their own words: Incarcerated people, their families, governments, and advocates tell the Census Bureau to end prison gerrymandering</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>In the first public comment period about the 2030 Census count, dozens of people called on the Bureau to end prison gerrymandering. We pulled together their comments, which show why this change is necessary, and the consequences of inaction.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/08/17/frn_comments/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/06/15/census-dollars-2/"><title><![CDATA[Prison gerrymandering is about representation, not money]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/06/15/census-dollars-2/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/06/15/census-dollars-2/">Prison gerrymandering is about representation, not money</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>A new Census Bureau report could raise a common misconception about prison gerrymandering and money. We explain how ending the practice will have a big impact on political representation, but not funding. </i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/06/15/census-dollars-2/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/03/27/louisiana_ruling/"><title><![CDATA[Federal judge’s ruling clears the way for Louisiana to end prison gerrymandering without waiting until 2030]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/03/27/louisiana_ruling/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/03/27/louisiana_ruling/">Federal judge’s ruling clears the way for Louisiana to end prison gerrymandering without waiting until 2030</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick said current maps deprive Black residents of political representation. </i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/03/27/louisiana_ruling/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/02/26/worst-gerrymanders/"><title><![CDATA[What the ten worst prison gerrymanders of the 2020 redistricting cycle tell us about how the problem is changing]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/02/26/worst-gerrymanders/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/02/26/worst-gerrymanders/">What the ten worst prison gerrymanders of the 2020 redistricting cycle tell us about how the problem is changing</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>New analysis shows that the Census’ flawed way of counting incarcerated people is increasingly harming rural areas — and both political parties.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/02/26/worst-gerrymanders/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/17/michigan_wisconsin/"><title><![CDATA[A mid-decade opportunity to end prison gerrymandering in Michigan and Wisconsin]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/17/michigan_wisconsin/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/17/michigan_wisconsin/">A mid-decade opportunity to end prison gerrymandering in Michigan and Wisconsin</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>Courts in Michigan and Wisconsin have stuck down their legislative maps, providing a rare mid-decade opportunity to immediately end prison gerrymandering.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2024/01/17/michigan_wisconsin/</feedburner:origLink></item><item 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class="legal">Kansas</a>.]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/"><title><![CDATA[Legal Resources]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</link><description><![CDATA[The legal resource database was updated with new listings for <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/NJ/" class="legal">New Jersey</a>, <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/WA/" class="legal">Washington</a> and <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/WV/" class="legal">West Virginia</a>.]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/"><title><![CDATA[Legal Resources]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</link><description><![CDATA[The legal resource database was updated with new listings for <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/CA/" class="legal">California</a>, <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/TX/" class="legal">Texas</a> and <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/VT/" class="legal">Vermont</a>.]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/"><title><![CDATA[Legal Resources]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</link><description><![CDATA[The legal resource database was updated with new listings for <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/SC/" class="legal">South Carolina</a> and <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/VA/" class="legal">Virginia</a>.]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</feedburner:origLink></item><item 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communities.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/11/09/charge_report2023/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/07/05/maine_victory/"><title><![CDATA[Maine becomes the latest state to end prison gerrymandering]]></title><link>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/07/05/maine_victory/</link><description><![CDATA[Added <a href="https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/07/05/maine_victory/">Maine becomes the latest state to end prison gerrymandering</a> to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. <p><i>New law, sponsored by Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, ensures people in state prison are counted for redistricting at the same place they vote.</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2023/07/05/maine_victory/</feedburner:origLink></item></rdf:RDF> 
