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Our
Mission is to:
Right A
Terrible Wrong
Prevent the
End of Something Good
Make the
World a Better Place
Increase the
quality of life
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It
Is A Fact
One out of every 75 American males (men & boys)
is in prison. The number has increased by 3% since last
year.
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There are 3,033,321 prisoners
today in the United States, This does not account for
the millions who have served terms but now retain the
title of “felon” and are to some degree
under supervision of the prison system. The number jumps
to nearly 7 million when you count all those on
probation.
This is a tremendous financial drain on our economy
with a cost over $90,999,630,000 per year! And, this is
only an estimate! It seems that everything we want to do
now is either illegal, immoral or fattening, Aa the
story goes.
There must be some truth to it. Currently one of
every 142 U.S. residents is locked away… nearly
an 8-fold increase in just a couple of years. Our nation
has a larger prisoner population than Russia. With 5
percent of the world’s population, we have 25
percent of the prisoners! When you consider the number
of people on probation or parole, one in every 32 people
in the country is involved.
Something is wrong. Our tendency to lock more people
away as a viable solution to our problems should not be
shrugged off. The present system is NOT working.
See
on the net: Bureau
of Justice Statistics.
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PAROLE
NOW
OUR
MAJOR OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE THE FEDERAL PAROLE
PROCEDURE
RE-INSTATED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SENTENCING
MECHANISM
Without Equity there can
be no Justice
We are
pressing to gain approval of a legislation now that will change
things.
We urge
you to read up on this issue and let your Congressional
Representatives know how you feel.
Find your Representative
Contact
Your Representative HERE.
If
your really care, you must go HERE
and
learn the facts!
COMMON
SENSE ABOUT DRUGS, DRUG ABUSE, DRUG TRAFFICING,
DRUG USE
DANGERS
READ
ON
It
is not reasonable and is certainly costly not to have a system
in place to allow offenders to shorten their time behind the
fence, so to speak, by participating in programs for
rehabilitation and re-education, by conducting themselves in an
orderly, organized and personal manner as to warrant early
release. At present, no matter what an inmate does to improve
himself or herself, no matter how many courses he or she
completes in educational institutions, or how many hours he or
she spends in the programs devised by the BOP, they serve the
full time, less the 15% "good time" and nothing else.
The
Federal Parole issue can be tracked on
the Department of Justice website
There is a bill in
the House (H.R. 072) that would amend federal parole. For
information on the bill status go to:
GO
HERE AND WRITE IN "PAROLE" AT THE SEARCH FIELD
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PENDING
LEGISLATION
Here
is a summary of the bill:
Amends
the federal criminal code to reestablish the United States
Parole Commission as an independent agency in the Department
of Justice. Sets forth the Commission's powers, including
the powers to grant or deny an application or recommendation
to parole, and to modify or revoke an order paroling, an
eligible prisoner.
Makes a prisoner serving a
definite term or terms of more than one year eligible for
release on parole after serving one-third of such terms, or
after serving ten years of a sentence of over 25 years (or
life). Subjects a prisoner convicted under District of
Columbia (DC) law to the guidelines used by the former DC
parole board.
Grants courts the authority to: (1)
designate a minimum term at the expiration of which the
prisoner shall become eligible for parole, which may be less
than, but not more than, 10 years; or (2) fix the maximum
sentence to be served.
Sets forth provisions
regarding: (1) parole determination criteria; (2) conditions
of parole; (3) jurisdiction of the Commission; (4) early
termination of parole; (5) aliens subject to deportation
after parole; (6) summonses to appear and warrants for
retaking parolees; (7) revocation of parole for violators;
(8) appeals of disputes over the time of eligibility for
release, parole denials, conditions, and revocations; (9)
good time credits; and (10) compassionate release
requirements.
Grants the Commission jurisdiction over
the parole of persons whose parole was governed by the
Parole Commission Phase-Out Act of 1996 or by the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997.
TALKING
POINTS ABOUT PAROLE
We start here with material intended to
let you know what the talking points are along with the full
History of the Parole as it is practiced now.
Justice website:
http://www.usdoj.gov/uspc/history.htm
But, Remember that this history is
written by those who would like to preserve the status pro.
See what others are saying.
Prepare yourself with the facts.
November
Coalition Facts
with More talking points from
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GOVERNMENT
RUN
AMUCK
Is
our Government out of control? Some say yes. We say, In some
areas, like crime prevention, rehabilitation of offenders,
sentencing laws and uneven terms of imprisonment.
What do
you say? VISIT
THE
PARACLETE FOUNDATION BLOG AND JOIN IN
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the Paraclete Foundation Blog and Join In
Join now
and we can continue to build a force for good that includes
having the Parole bill approved and put into force so that the
most economic benefit can be realized and public safety can be
assured.
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We
believe that the Mandatory Sentencing practice of the
Federal Judicial System is wrong. We believe that the
unforgiving practice of not allowing for Parole is
wrong. We believe that warehousing of inmates with
minimal facilities for retraining, rehabilitation,
education is wrong. We what to make a difference. We
want to educate policy makers to the benefits of change
and the evil of the current practices.
We strongly fear that the current policies of the
Criminal Justice system speaks to the deterioration of
our American Way of life, absent the fundamental
Judeo-Christian ethos of forgiveness. We work to prevent
the continuing moral and ethical decline of our system.
We want to make the World a better place. We what to
minimize crime through education and strengthening of
our religious underpinning. We want to assure the
children of incarcerated parents that they do not have
to suffer the separation and accompanying deprivation of
having a parent in prison alone. We want to our system
to show a human side driven by concern for our fellow
citizens, the offended, the offenders, the tax payer.
We want to increase the quality of life of all our
neighbors with higher standards of conduct toward the
incarcerated, laws that are administered fairly and
evenly with total impartiality. We want everyone to live
in a community free of crime and feel that through
education, medical treatment and work we can realize
these ends.
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