Parole Archives

ACSOL Conference to Feature Distinguished Speakers, Important Panels

·August 3, 2022
·14 Comments

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will conduct its annual conference on Saturday, October 1. The cost is just $25. The conference will be virtual on Zoom and…

Commentary

For People Just Leaving Prison, a Novel Kind of Support: Cash

·July 14, 2022
·1 Comment

Source: news.yahoo.com 7/9/22 Alwin Jacob Smith became a free man last summer after being locked up for 21 years because of what he calls “my little old rocky past” —…

California

CA: Families protest halfway house for sexual offenders in Fairfield

·April 24, 2022
·14 Comments

Source: dailyrepublic.com 4/24/22 FAIRFIELD — Parents and residents near B. Gale Wilson Elementary School and K.I. Jones Elementary School are outraged to find a halfway house for sexual offenders is…

Commentary National

States Can Shorten Probation and Protect Public Safety

·October 25, 2021
·4 Comments

Source: pewtrusts.org 12/3/20 More than 3.5 million, or 1 in 72, adults were on probation in the United States at the end of 2018—the most recent year for which U.S.…

National

NY: Lawmakers wrestle with parole bills as session deadline nears

·May 31, 2021
·2 Comments

[thedailystar.com - 5/31/21] ALBANY — Proposals aimed at giving a second chance to well-behaved prison inmates are gaining traction at the statehouse in the final days of the 2021 legislative…

ACSOL News California

Unanimous Opposition Repeated During Today’s CDCR Hearing

·May 28, 2021
·12 Comments

[ACSOL] For a second time, speakers unanimously stated their opposition today to regulations issued by the CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that categorically exclude registrants and those sentenced…

California

CA: Judge continues hearing on relocating sexually violent predator to Twentynine Palms

·May 23, 2021
·4 Comments

[z1077fm.com - 5/22/21] A hearing was held in Orange County Friday afternoon about whether Lawtis _____, a sexually violent predator, should be located to Twentynine Palms, a city where he…

ACSOL News

Restorative Action Alliance Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case

·May 20, 2021
·6 Comments

The Restorative Action Alliance filed today an amicus brief in a case, Ortiz v. Breslin, for which a petition has been filed requesting review by the U. S. Supreme Court. …

National

OH: Lawmakers Re-introduce Reagan Tokes Act at Ohio Statehouse

·April 15, 2021
·7 Comments

[10tv.com - 4/15/21] The bill named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes aims to shore up problems with monitoring ex-prisoners first uncovered by 10 Investigates House lawmakers re-introduced a…

National

WA: HB 1282 Will Allow All People Convicted of a Felony to Earn Up to 33% Off Their Sentence

·February 8, 2021
·12 Comments

[Washington Voices - wavoices.org - 2/7/21] Dear Friends, This Thursday, February 11, at 1:30 pm, the House Committee on Public Safety will vote on HB 1282. If this bill becomes…

ACSOL

CA Supreme Court Decision Overturns CDCR’s Prop. 57 Regulations [UPDATED 1/6/21]

·December 28, 2020
·43 Comments

[Updated 1/6/21 with new link] The California Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision that overturned regulations issued by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that prohibited all…

ACSOL News California

CA Supreme Court Considers Prop. 57 Case

·October 7, 2020
·11 Comments

[ACSOL] The California Supreme Court today listened to oral arguments in the first in a series of cases regarding the implementation of Proposition 57 by the California Department of Corrections…

National

CO: New law closes loophole regarding sex offender treatment

·August 14, 2020
·4 Comments

[koaa.com - 8/12/20] SOUTHERN COLORADO — Colorado legislators have closed a loophole in state law that allowed certain sex offenders to get out of prison early and transfer to community…

National

9th Circuit Invalidates Employment Parole Condition

·July 6, 2020
·8 Comments

[ACSOL] 9th Circuit Invalidates Employment Parole Condition The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently invalidated a condition of parole which restricted a registrant from "engaging in any occupation, business, volunteer…

California

CA: California’s state funded program for sexually violent predators costs taxpayers $4,000 a month in rent in Jacumba Hot Springs

·July 2, 2020
·7 Comments

[kusi.com - 7/1/20] JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS (KUSI) – A state funded program for sexually violent predators is paying out four times the going rate for housing in San Diego’s East…

California

CA: CDCR community supervision plan aimed to protect inmates [except PC 290 sex offenders], staff from spread of COVID-19

·June 17, 2020
·6 Comments

[bakersfield.com - 6/17/20] The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will implement a community supervision program to eligible inmates in order to further protect staff and inmates at state prisons…

Living with 290

Living with 290: Advice, please

·May 3, 2020
·51 Comments

I feel so very sad for my son. He was in prison on pumped up accusations and now has a monitor on. He has suvere nightmares and PTSD. Because of…

General News

Probation and Parole Officers Are Rethinking Their Rules As Coronavirus Spreads

·April 3, 2020
·9 Comments

Social distancing is pressing officials across the country to skip traditional methods such as jailing people for “technical violations” like missing check-ins. Full Article

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: 20/20: The Year of Perfect Vision

·January 16, 2020
·20 Comments

We have now begun the year 2020. When I first used the year on a personal check, the digits of that number popped out at me. 2020. Where have I…