Prison Gerrymandering: Where will we count prisoners? �A panel discussion announcing a new report on CT and a legislative fix for 2010
Sandwiches & snacks will be served

Panelists Miles Rapoport, President of Demos & former CT Secretary of State; Peter Wagner, Executive Director of Prison Policy Initiative; Gary Holder-Winfield, State Representative for New Haven, CT; and Mike Lawlor, State Representative for East Haven, CT (and Chair of the Joint Committee on Judiciary) discuss the political impact of counting prisoners. �In Connecticut, without using prison populations as padding, 7 districts are missing more than 5 percent of their required population. �These prisoners cant vote and come mostly from Connecticuts cities. �How does this impact policy decisions? �How does this play out in Connecticut and elsewhere in the country? �And how should we count prisoners? �This event is cosponsored by Yale Law Schools chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, and Dwight Hall at Yale.

See the report highlights: http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/50states/CT.html
Track the bill: http://search.cga.state.ct.us/dtSearch_lpa.html type 5523 and highlight "Bill Text"