CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers revised redistricting maps on Monday to count hundreds of residents at their pre-incarceration addresses rather than at the prisons where they were counted during the 2020 census. Nevada is one of 11 states with laws requiring inmates be reallocated to their pre-prison addresses for redistricting purposes. Reallocating an additional 1,612 inmates increased the portion who will be counted at their pre-prison addresses from 51% to 65%. The maps Nevada lawmakers are considering in the special legislative session underway reallocate 7,887 to their last known residential addresses. Though less than 1% of Nevada residents are incarcerated, the extent to which inmates are reallocated has a significant impact on the recorded population of rural areas where many prisons are located.

Source: The Express Tribune November 16, 2021 00:26 UTC