States rethink 'prison gerrymandering' in 2020 redistricting process

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : But in the last decade, criminal justice advocates, election experts, and researchers say, growing prison populations -- disproportionately people of color -- are increasingly affecting and undermining the fairness of state and local redistricting and elections.
43% : Aleks Kajstura, the legal director of Prison Policy Initiative, said criminal justice reform is stifled by lawmakers who benefit from prisons in their districts.

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