http://blog.jimgogek.com/2009/09/18/how-not-to-do-prison-reform/ Policy, not politics. Change policy, change the world. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.jimgogek.com/2009/09/18/how-not-to-do-prison-reform/#comment-174 Darwin G. Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:58:14 +0000 http://blog.jimgogek.com/?p=384#comment-174 Jim, it's a relief to come across a blog backed up with good ideas and facts. You make a lot of sense and I totally agree with you. I am following this subject closely and plan to get involved in the movement of prison reform. I have first-hand experience, and count myself fortunate of where I am today. I've seen it all. There's so much ignorance out there on the subject, that these idiots just drive me crazy. I'm in Colorado, and I can tell you the problem here is a hot topic right now. Our state's much smaller than yours, but our policies and results are the same. A disaster. Now, a lack of money to cover the current budget problems have forced CDOC to slowly open the doors to our prisons. (Colorado, unlike Cali's, has an unconstitutional Mandatory Parole on top of the sentence served). And because of a lack of drug/alcohol and vocational programming, most released inmates struggle to stay clean and sober and away from the 'homies.' As a result, they return to prison a short while later, often with new charges. Unfortunately, the politians in this state are much the same as they are in Texas and Arizona..."lock-'em-up and keep 'em off the streets...we'll just re-arrest 'em later." This hasn't worked-out very well, and I believe the public is getting hip to what's really going on with our legal, jucicial, and penal system. If you get this message, please send me any information that you can pertaining to this important subject. Thanks again. Jim, it’s a relief to come across a blog backed up with good ideas and facts. You make a lot of sense and I totally agree with you. I am following this subject closely and plan to get involved in the movement of prison reform. I have first-hand experience, and count myself fortunate of where I am today. I’ve seen it all.
There’s so much ignorance out there on the subject, that these idiots just drive me crazy. I’m in Colorado, and I can tell you the problem here is a hot topic right now. Our state’s much smaller than yours, but our policies and results are the same. A disaster. Now, a lack of money to cover the current budget problems have forced CDOC to slowly open the doors to our prisons. (Colorado, unlike Cali’s, has an unconstitutional Mandatory Parole on top of the sentence served). And because of a lack of drug/alcohol and vocational programming, most released inmates struggle to stay clean and sober and away from the ‘homies.’ As a result, they return to prison a short while later, often with new charges. Unfortunately, the politians in this state are much the same as they are in Texas and Arizona…”lock-’em-up and keep ‘em off the streets…we’ll just re-arrest ‘em later.”
This hasn’t worked-out very well, and I believe the public is getting hip to what’s really going on with our legal, jucicial, and penal system.
If you get this message, please send me any information that you can pertaining to this important subject. Thanks again.

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