{"id":1782,"date":"2012-03-07T00:50:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T07:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2012-03-07T00:50:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T07:50:57","slug":"census-released-sun-forced-to-include-inmate-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1782","title":{"rendered":"Census Released: SUN Forced to Include Inmate on Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nThe recent census which included a lot of information about Stapleton, was mostly filled with facts that are not surprising. Stapleton has a higher percentage of children under 10 than Denver as a whole, has a Hispanic population of 5% compared to Denver\u2019s 31%, and has a much higher median household income than the total Denver population.\nThe biggest surprise comes when looking at who is being counted in the census. \u201cWe take into account all residents in a district,\u201d says lead Denver census project manager Bryan Mosley. \u201cTechnically, the jail is a residence, so we absolutely count them.\u201d In fact, for the East Stapleton residents (East of Central Park Blvd), over 3,000 residents from the Denver County Jail and Women\u2019s Correctional facility are counted in the areas population.\n\nOf course, this skewed a lot of the data in the census considering the jail populations consist of almost 25% of all of Stapleton (13,948). The numbers are actually helpful to Forrest City in showing the city of Denver they are living up to their promises in creating a diverse community. \u201cWe cannot control who moves into the jail,\u201d says Forrest City President Phil Dargossi. \u201cIf the numbers help us, great. We are excited to finally have a residual benefit to having a jail so close by.\u201d\nThe biggest issue for the community comes with representation. The SUN Board has a strong policy of making an effort to include a diverse group on the board, both culturally and by location. \u201cWe definitely have several members from the EaWe community,\u201d says SUN Board President Grant Bearbower. \u201cWhat we don\u2019t have is someone representing the 25% of people living in our community near Smith Road.\u201d\nSUN had reached out to the jails one month ago when it received the early census results. The jail was allowed to elect its own member for SUN. The jail election was won by inmate Kevin Hudson. \u201cI\u2019m really excited,\u201d says Hudson. \u201cI have always been interested in politics, and who knows, when I get out of here, I may look into it as a career.\u201d Hudson is serving a five year stint for distributing illegal narcotics.\nHudson will be at the next SUN meeting in early April, where he will be escorted by two guards, and shackled to the table. \u201cI\u2019m very excited to meet my fellow board members and bring them some new ideas,\u201d says Hudson. Hudson will be required to go to meetings, otherwise face expulsion if he misses too many. The most interesting thing to come of this may be finding out what is worse: being in jail, or going to SUN meetings.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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