Category: Prison Gerrymandering

Prison Gerrymandering is the practice of skewing voter leverage through how incarcerated populations are counted in voting districts.  Our goal is to make elections more fair by counting people in their home district even if they are held in a prison in another district, so that their voice and their representation attach to their communities.  See posts and articles about our progress.


  • VAAC Prison Gerrymandering Work Group Wants YOU! Join Us!!

    VAAC Prison Gerrymandering Work Group Wants YOU! Join Us!!

    For the past month, a VAAC work group has been meeting…

  • Help Us End Prison Gerrymandering in Michigan

    Help Us End Prison Gerrymandering in Michigan

    VAAC members are pleased to report that a bill to end…

  • Prison Gerrymandering Training Sessions Announced

    The Redistricting Data Hub (RDH) is pleased to announce two new…

  • WLNS News Segment on Prison Gerrymandering Features VAAC’s Danny Jones

    WLNS News Segment on Prison Gerrymandering Features VAAC’s Danny Jones

    In December of 2021 when the Michigan Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission…

  • Drawing The Line: Film Screening and Roundtable Discussion Feb 24

    Drawing The Line: Film Screening and Roundtable Discussion Feb 24

    EMU is hosting a screening of Drawing the Line: Inside the…

  • Opinion: It’s time to end ‘prison gerrymandering’ in Michigan

    Opinion: It’s time to end ‘prison gerrymandering’ in Michigan

    In Bridge Magazine, Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans writes about…

  • VAAC Activism Impacts New District Maps

    VAAC Activism Impacts New District Maps

    This article was submitted by VAAC member Nomi Joyrich of the…

  • Help Us Make #goodtrouble at MICRC on Friday 10/29/21

    Help Us Make #goodtrouble at MICRC on Friday 10/29/21

    Over the past few months many VAAC members have attended MICRC…

  • Prison Gerrymandering Experts Provide Testimony to the MICRC

    Prison Gerrymandering Experts Provide Testimony to the MICRC

    On October 24, 2021, Rory Kramer, PhD and Brianna Remster, PhD…

  • Detroit Free Press Covers VAAC Advocacy on Prison Gerrymandering

    Detroit Free Press Covers VAAC Advocacy on Prison Gerrymandering

    On October 2, 2021, the Detroit Free Press published an article…

  • VAAC’s Danny Jones Published in Detroit News on Prison Gerrymandering

    VAAC’s Danny Jones Published in Detroit News on Prison Gerrymandering

    Danny Jones, chairperson of the Voting Access for All Coalition, speaks…

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