Prisons and Redistricting
Legislation advancing in the General Assembly would assign state prison inmates to their last known address instead of where they are incarcerated. Map and charts below show location of current prison headcount and which districts would stand to lose population after the 2020 Census if the bill were to become law.
Major Prison Facilities
Prison Population by Legislative District
Note: "Prison population" is defined as the total average institutional daily population (ADP) in Department of Corrections institutions for December 2019.
Source: Virginia Department of Corrections and VPAP Research.
Feb. 18, 2020