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Andrew Adams is a J.D. candidate at the City University of New York School of Law. He is working on prison-based gerrymandering issues with the Prison Policy Initiative in Northampton, MA.
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With the census complete, local and state governments are beginning the redistricting process. This article analyzes how prison-based gerrymandering, counting prisoners where they are locked up, rather than where their homes are, distorts the democratic process.