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02-11-2010, 11:00 AM
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/10/national/w212127S75.DTL


"States are getting new leeway in tallying their prisoners in the 2010census -- a move that could reshape the political map, increasingurban population numbers while reducing the figures for rural votingdistricts where inmates are incarcerated. The Census Bureau said thisweek it would release data on prison populations to states when theyredraw legislative boundaries next year."