Daily News | Philly City Council plan addresses ‘prison gerrymandering’ without redrawing district lines
Under the city’s Home Rule Charter, lawmakers were required to pass a map by Feb. 12 or face having their paychecks withheld.and Council staff members worked with the Department of Prisons and the City Planning Commission to reapportion the incarcerated people.
Under the proposal introduced Thursday, each of the 10 districts now averages about 161,000 residents. The standard to achieve equal representation is generally that the least and most populous districts are within five percentage points of that target. Philadelphia’s population is just over 1.6 million.
“During our recent redistricting process, we heard from the public as well as from advocates for persons incarcerated in state and county jails, who originally are from Philadelphia,” Clarke said in a statement. “We heard them, and as we said at the time, we would do the additional work needed to correct count these individuals, and apportion them into their correct home Council district. That’s what this legislation does.
Clarke’s bill will be referred to a committee, and a public hearing will take place before a final vote. If it passes, it will go to Kenney’s desk for final approval and will be in place for the 2023 election cycle, when all Council seats and the mayor’s office are on the ballot.
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