Author: Ken
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Second Look Sentencing: A Closer Look at Who Michigan Incarcerates
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This booklet will take you on a journey that explains who the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) currently incarcerates. We have collected a set of stories from average people who, today, are serving long sentences in Michigan prisons. What makes these people unique are the sentence they were given: they…
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Bears for Kids
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To Donate to the Bears for Kids Program at Macomb Facility Special Activities Director and NLA Liason Maria ViscontiEmail: viscontim@michigan.govPhone Macomb Facility : 586-749-4900 NLA Chapter 1012 Bears for Kids Program at Macomb Correctional Facility In March 2004, Tilmon Barnett’s cellmate handed him a flyer about a Benefit Dinner for…
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Good Time
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Find out more at Michigan Justice Advocacy MI 2023 Good Time Ballot Email your Lawmakers HERE
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Support Second Look Legislation
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Second Look Sentencing Legislation is smart legislation that is evidence-based criminal justice reform. It does not open a flood gate permitting all convicted felons to be released from prison. It does not allow murderers to escape punishment. What it does is give incarcerated persons an opportunity to petition the trial/sentencing…
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We, the prisoners’ concerns are with growing inflation, and the ability to maintain our dignity under the constant increases in store prices.
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Ludale Jones #190968 This correspondence is to acknowledge the we, the prisoners’ concerns are with growing inflation, and the ability to maintain our dignity under the constant increases in store prices. Prisoner are not employees of the Department of Corrections, and we depend heavily on the monthly “scheduled payments” or…
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My name is Susan Bardo #882489
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In 2013, I was convicted of first-degree child abuse and torture. I fully believed my co-defendant would kill my son if I disobeyed him. I fully believed my co-defendant when he said my loved one’s lives would be endangered if I were to find a way to leave. This man…
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My name is Melissa Belanger #491509
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MELISSA BELANGER #491509 Co-Chair of Lifers Legislation and Aiding & Abetting Committee for Chapter 1014. Question: Have I ever committed a crime? Yes, is the answer to that question. Living a dysfunctional lifestyle that I was living as a kid led me onto a path of destruction and damaging things,…
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Opinion: Second Look Sentencing – Smart, Fiscally-Responsible, and Evidence-Based Criminal Justice Reform
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JAMIE MEADE First published July 9 2023 Michigan Lifer’s Report Newsletter June 2023 Issue In recent weeks, there has been a surge of misleading narratives surrounding Second Look Sentencing (SLS) legislation that has gripped public discourse. It is disheartening to witness the spread of misinformation and the creation of false…
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Common Thread of Injustice from Wayne County with Missing Files.
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BERNICE STARKS DEAR MISSCARRYNG JUSTICEI WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING, AND ALLOW ME TO USE YOUR PLATFORM.I AM 77 YEARS OLD. I HAVE BEEN DOWN 31 YEARS ON A FIRST DEGREE MURDER CONSPIRACY, AND GUN CHARGE, I NEVER SHOT OR KILLED ANY ONE, I WAS NEVER OFFERED A PLEA…