PRISON MEDIA NETWORK GROUP September 1st 2020, The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution shifted slavery from plantations to slave oppressors from oppressors to prisons to now congressional state capitalist which gave birth to the 1994 crime Bill to mass incarceration, Sham Legal Process is now in […]
As the discourse about criminal justice reform continues in American society, you’ll often hear politicians say they support releasing non-violent offenders while keeping violent offenders locked up. That’s fair, but considering how much they try to sell the general public on this idea, I only think it’s fair […]
As the demographics in this country shift away from white people, the younger generations are also coming to dominate the population. According to a Brookings Institution report, people under 40 are 50.7 percent of the population as of July 2019. So what does this mean for serious criminal […]
Hey hope all is well with everyone in the free world ,with all that’s going on I hope everyone is being safe out there . So many things go thru my mind every day just hope and praying that everyone in the world is safe and that one […]
Please check out this article I wrote on prison reform: View at Medium.com Thank you! GREGORY ANDREOTTI DOC #247877
change.org/vaprisonreform The aforementioned website is asking as many people as.possible to go to the site and sign the petition in support of prison reform m in Virginia. We need 30,000 signatures, and we are only 7,000 away. So, you support prison reform please sign up and encourage anyone […]
Reform = to shape anew; make over; take on a new/different state [of being]. Are You satisfied with Btw person You are? Are You where You want to be? If not, what’s preventing You from getting to Your destination? We know that old saying” It’s insanity to do […]
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 […]
here is some good news for me. There are going to some serious reforms in Virginia, read on: Though I may always be on the melancholy side, there is a hope on the very near horizon. I would like first give you some background. In 1995 the Commonwealth […]
How could this state talk about prison reform when they (politics)fail to give standard ethics to offenders in prison…Don’t get me wring there are some programs but they are only for those who have a little big of time…What about hose who have lenghty sentences?There’s nothing for that […]
I would like to expound on the topic of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander the author of The New Jim Crow Mass incarceration couldn’t,have spoke a better volume of what was and still is.From personal experience I speak of incarceration in the state of Louisiana where the incarceration rate […]
Hey Mad World, first I would like to give a warm round of love and respect to the ladies and gentlemen and their families as they fight along side me on a fight for Reform and Post-Conviction Opportunities. Secondly, I send my love and respect to all the brothers who […]
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Sherron M. Ricks (3/17/79) release date of 2035 I’m your average dude from the city of Norfolk,va. Well from where I’m from (PARK PLACE) we’re definitely different than most. I was 21 when this sentence begin and Park place definitely bred me for prison. My parents bred me […]
I belong to a Prison ThinkTank called T-POCC it is the Brainchild of of a PhD Criminologist from Ohio State University at Newark Ohio her Name is Dr. Angela Bryant. It’s important to give Heartbeat Props to Women like Dr. Bryant because she could certainly be doing something […]
A long time ago I once heard someone describe insanity as doing the same thing, over and over again, expecting different results. This undoubtedly describes the dilemma surrounding penal and criminal justice reform efforts in America. It’s time to rethink our reform strategies and embrace a more innovative […]
I suffer from a legal conundrum which the courts have refused to address. In that situation, I’m not alone. I’ve discussed my situation in previous post, “Life over a Bounced Check” & ” Florida Life w/out Parole Capitol”. The average middle class citizen believes the courts are fair […]
The quest for criminal justice reform has been a decades long failure. It continues to fail because it remains just a political stump hot topic. Everyone wants to start “a conversation” about prison reform. The sad reality is, it never gets past the conversation. The truth is, criminal […]
So this whole Washington One risk assessment thing they have going on is suppose to calculate one’s risk level, so they say? But at the same time, one’s risk level determines if your able to let’s say, get a job wile incarcerated. If one is doing everything right, […]
How come when ever there is talk about prison reform it turns into talk about race ? Im here to tell you it is not a race thing it is a poor person thing ! I know just my personal story is i received 39 year sentence for […]
There seems to be a common liberal idea that us prisoners are “victims” of our environments, that people commit crimes because they were placed in situations where it was their only option. With all due respect to these people, who are often genuine individuals trying to do good […]
As a libertarian, I think free market reforms could improve the prison system, just like I think they could with education and virtually every other institution. But I want to focus on a more personal note: becoming a libertarian is one of the things that helped me transform […]
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