Prison inmates at issue in redrawing political districts

At issue:  Representation without population / Prison-based gerrymandering...

Lobbyists from public interest groups maintain that the common practice [prison-based gerrymandering] gives residents of legislative and local political districts where non-voting prisoners are housed more power at the polls than other voters, particularly those in the urban minority neighborhoods where inmates disproportionately come from... Without an amendment to the state constitution, the redistricting committee cannot add prison inmates to the legislative districts where they last lived,... [Full Article: The Bay State Banner]