In November 2018, something amazing happened in the criminal justice movement. Florida restored voting rights to felons (excluding murderers and felony sex offenders, but I’ll take it) who have completed all the terms of sentence including parole or probation. So who lead the movement for this landmark change? […]
First I hope all are practicing social distancing and taking safety precautions during this covid-19 pandemic. This is like no other time in our countries history. Will continue praying for everyone and for a vaccine. August 1st there will be a special secession in the Virginia General Assembly. […]
Hi there. I now have a page on change.org https://www.change.org/commutedanagray Please check it out and let me know if there is something you would want to know or for me to say. I figured my case is so public that to tell you about it now wouldn’t be […]
A petition was just started to pass the laws that would bring back 65% and parole in Virginia for prisoners. Mass incarceration and lengthy sentences have to stop. Please support and sign the petition. Post it up anywhere and everywhere on social media. We’re aiming at 100,000 signatures, […]
hello. my name is Marjorie Thornton. I am 43 years old and I’m currently incarcerated at Pulaski State Prison. I’m serving a Life sentence for murder. I’ve been locked up for 18 years and I’m hoping to make parole sometime soon. My situation was domesticated…..unhealthy….. violent…. abusive…..I take […]
The Virginia Senate will hear Senate Bill No.91, this bill if passed will give those sentenced after January 1, 1995 the opportunity to go up for discretionary parole. It’s been 25 years since parole was abolished in the state of Virginia. The prison system is overcrowded and under […]
Well, readers of the “inmateblogger.com,” I find myself in a rather predicament and needing your assistance, if at all possible. I’ve been incarcerated for nearly 40-years now. I have been eligible for parole, under Virginia’s “Old Law” statutes (pre-1995), for 20-years of that 40. During that period I […]
Verstehen I am currently am on a parole violation awaiting to be granted parole. I was found suitable for after doing twenty nine years. Instead of loving God, family and my myself. I placed my worth in a relationship and I find myself humbly at his grace and […]
As of January 21st of 2020, the state of Ohio had approximately 48,723 inmates. 6,815 of these inmates are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole. In 2018 Ohio had a 50 and older population of 9,479 inmates. The fiscal, legal, social and political challenges of Ohio […]
We are asked to be ready at a moments notice to assimilate to a society who once rejected us without a grudge. Cool, I for one have no complaints. I’ve accepted that I put me HERE. I also recognized how I can stop others from coming here, for […]
Ok so things here are continuing to get more stressful by the minute and the only thing here that is consistent is the inconsistency of it all. One day you follow these guidelines and the next it is another. I keep hearing about possible releases due to the […]
Now that the Democrats have gained control of the Virginia House and Senate, will Virginia reinstate parole and why should they? In my opinion, parole should be reinstated and here’s why. In1995, Virginia adopted a “tough on crime” policy as a way to deter crime in the Commonwealth. […]
look, one thing that i had seen when it comes to the parole board is how inmates who had gotten their g.e.d./ high schooldiploma, college degree, meaningful programs, and achieve thier case assessments provided to the by the case manager and still get flopped (denied of their parole)? […]
In America, the prison population is exponetially expanding. in 2008, it was reported that one in every 100 American adults waas incarcerated, about 746 Americans per 100,000 were incarcerated. That was 11 years ago and this number has increased. A closer examination of the statistics reveals an even […]
Well here we go again, i am headed to see the parole board in October. It seems to be funny at times when we go before the board. we all have come to call it our resentencing hearing. as it only seems that we go to get our […]
When I was informed that I was granted parole. I was overwhelmed by so many positive feelings of joy that it made me petrified. I felt like I died and came back to life in a split second. I felt every pain go away, I felt every unhealed […]
I am asking everyone who reads this to pray for my upcoming parole hearing on 1-9-19. Please just pray that I be granted parole and that the lords will, not my own be done. I believe in the power of prayer. I just haven’t prayed for myself a […]
Parole was abolished in the Commonwealth of Virginia – January 1, 1995. Twenty-three years after the abolishment of parole in this state there are still some 3,000 offenders eligible. It’s inconceivable to me why more than two decades later Virginia continues to have this many offenders eligible for […]
Florida has the third largest prison system, but has the largest number of prisoners serving life without parole, (LWOP), in the United States. Nearly 10,000. More than California and Texas. I’m one of them. One of the reasons that Florida is the LWOP capital, is that between 1983 […]
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