Prison Reform Rally 1/20/18 Inmate Statement: Rehabilitation not Incarceration!
Greetings to my fellow peers in society, My name is Aaron Cater & I'm currently incarcerated. I am writing to U all to voice my concerns towards the issues of ending mass incarceration, bringing back parole, & bringing back the 65% law for fellow prisoners such as myself, so please consider this with an open mind & let a justifiable decision be rendered. During my time & being incarcerated there has been a drastic rise in the rate of incarceration. With the rate increasing to
Prison Reform Rally 1/20/18: VAPAC (Virginia Prison Accountability Committee; Hold Prisons Accountab
Hello, My name is Denise Thorpe I am the admin of "Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee" [VAPAC] as an endorser I am sending you a letter submitted to have been recited by one of our supporters at our Virginia Prison Reform Rally by a prisoner confined in long-term solitary confinement at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison. We at VAPAC greatly appreciate everyone's hard work putting this rally together I wish we could have attended but the distance and timing of the rally
Prison Reform Rally 1/20/18: Kimberly Jenkins-Snodgrass, parent of an inmate & IAHR Vice Chair
COALITION FOR JUSTICE: PRISON REFORM RALLY Good afternoon ADVOCATE FAMILY! It’s a beautiful day, the sun is out and we’re here in numbers being the voices for those who are both locked-up and lock-down within the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS! I’m Kimberly Jenkins-Snodgrass and I stand before you representing FIRST my wrongfully incarcerated son Kevin D. Snodgrass, Jr. inmate #1203403 housed at RED ONION state prison. And, I’m here as a board member of one of today’s eve
Prison Reform Rally 1/20/18: Statement by Cody Nelson on Drug Rehabilitation & Incarceration
My name is Cody Nelson and I am 27 years old. I am currently incarcerated for Malicious Wounding and 4 Counts of Felony Shoplifting to which I was sentenced 6 years to serve with 94 years suspended. These are my first and only felonies on my record and the only time I have had any criminal charges period. Let me tell you my story. In 2008 at the tender age of 17, I was newly graduated from high school and had no real purpose or direction for my life and at the encouragement o
Prison Reform Rally 1/20/18: Elliott Hill statement on Constitutional Rights
My Name is Elliott Hill I have been incarcerated since 16 years old for a crime I never committed... I am now 36 years old and has done over 20 years of my life... I have wrote almost every organization that exist.. We live in a society were the justice system is for lack of a better word flawed. We have our constitutional right to assemble to show we have witnessed what happens in a society with broken polices. We the people end up being hurt. I am a victim of a broken syst
