we in Illinois in our General Assembly have introduced legislation that states that the census would readjust the count for incarcerated persons back to their residence, not in the...
But that is no benefit--the community is benefiting by that in various ways, and one way is totally unfair to the community.
I hope that things are moving as we had discussed, Director Groves, during our private meeting, especially in the area of the minority, unde...
But when that prisoner is counted, Mr. Groves, it is added to that community.
My hometown has 14,000 people and there are 900 in the prison. Of those 900, 800 of them are from Chicago.
Absolutely. This is crucial, especially to the underserved communities.
Sure, and for the prisoner, you are eating and sleeping in prison.
I think this is an issue that the census ought to take up in consideration and not just leave it to the States.
Well, certainly there is going to be some work in keeping records on it, but that person comes out of that jurisdiction, he is not going bac...
Where does that prisoner actually have a home and where is that person going back to, and it will be a drain on that community as opposed to...
I hope that there is some--even in this instance, because this is a complaint that I have heard about.