FAIR PAROLE REVIEW IS POSSIBLE

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FAIR PAROLE REVIEW? More than 40 years ago the Feds approach was PRESUMPTIVE PAROLE https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/presumptive-parole-dates-federal-approach Six years ago, Jorge Renaud provided an update in an article called “Eight Keys to Mercy”: How to shorten excessive sentences”: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/longsentences.html “Presumptive parole Presumptive parole is a system in which incarcerated individuals are released upon first becoming eligible for parole […]

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These moms are outraged……

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And they plan on being heard! and they want to talk about Texas prisons. Twice a year the TBCJ allows public comments on non-agenda items. On 8-25-23 37 people signed up to talk for the allotted three minutes. Tona was one of them: https://www.facebook.com/maggie.luna.52/videos/166055919853434/?mibextid=SphRi8 Tammica is the other. Her son died as a correctional officer. She

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INNOVATION IN PRISONS

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The majority of prisons in the USA run on an outdated operating system. Innovation is possible. “In a recent interview, Norwegian prison governor Are Hoidal talked about how prisoners are punished in the country. “In Norway, the punishment is to take away someone’s liberty,” he said. “The other rights stay.” Norwegian prisoners have the right

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Outside Thoughts about Texas Prison Lockdown

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When it comes to Texas prisons, there is no real system. Instead, there is a mostly rural network of correctional facilities run by wardens with wide latitude to run “their” units as they see fit. It is essentially a patchwork quilt without uniform policies or procedures. The prime directive, on paper, is to promote positive

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PRISON UNDERSTAFFING & the TDCJ 2030 PLAN

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UNDERSTAFFING??? “Experts blame lengthy lockdown on staffing shortages. A thousand people incarcerated at a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin have been on lockdown for four months. During that time, prisoners at the Waupun Correctional Institution say they’ve had to eat all meals in their cells, been refused visits from family and friends, and had illnesses go untreated

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TAXPAYER MONEY SUBSIDIZING AVOIDABLE INJURY AND DEATH

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There has to be a way to hold decision-makers accountable for the consequences of their actions, or lack thereof. In the meantime, the injurious and deadly consequences of prisons without climate control continue. When I see my tax money subsidizing such a system, I am compelled to protest. And I’m one of many. Thanks to

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