{"id":1753318,"date":"2022-11-28T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753318"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:33:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:33:26","slug":"ny-post-editorial-board-why-the-census-should-count-prisoners-as-residents-of-their-home-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-why-the-census-should-count-prisoners-as-residents-of-their-home-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Post Editorial Board: Why the Census Should Count Prisoners as Residents of Their Home Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-post-editorial-board-why-the-census-should-count-prisoners-as-residents-of-their-home-communities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753318&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/prison-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The US Census Bureau counts incarcerated felons as residents of correctional facilities, instead of their home communities. That\u2019s fundamentally wrong, and at odds with the Census\u2019 duty to provide a true picture of the nation. <\/p>\n<p>In practice, the Census rule is a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/12\/if-democrats-want-a-scapegoat-for-losing-the-house-mike-gianaris-is-their-man\/\">gerrymandering<\/a>, funneling political power and resources away from mostly urban communities to the often-rural areas that host prisons, even as some state laws declare that incarceration does not change a person\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, thanks chiefly to then-Assemblyman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/26\/nyc-democrat-rep-hakeem-jeffries-not-feeling-love-from-left\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (now the top House Democrat; one top co-sponsor was Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, now a member of The Post Editorial Board), New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonersofthecensus.org\/NYS_A9710-D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ended prison gerrymandering<\/a>. In total, 13 states counted the incarcerated as residents of their home communities for redistricting purposes in the 2020 redistricting cycle. Four other states (Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan and Tennessee) have taken steps to join them.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, some NY lawmakers with large prisons in their districts sued to undo the Empire State\u2019s reform \u2014 and lost, because the Constitution only requires a census be taken every 10 years and every person counted. It\u2019s merely a Census Bureau convention that lists inmates as residing in their place of incarceration. But significant federal funding still follows the Census count.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the Census counts truckers, boarding-school students, military personnel and others who are away on Census Day as residents of their true homes because the Bureau acknowledges the importance of family and community ties. Inmates should get similar recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The Census Bureau\u2019s now seeking public input as it prepares for its 2030 count. This issue belongs at the top of the list. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Census Bureau counts incarcerated felons as residents of correctional facilities, instead of their home communities. 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