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FedCURE .org
Plantation, FL
FedCURE is the world's leading advocate for America's, ever growing, federal inmate population. We are working to establish a hybrid system of parole and good time allowances; and provide reentry opportunities for federal offenders. FedCURE is tackling the Residential Reentry Center (RRC) capacity issues (formerly known as half-way-house or HWH), inter alia, there is no place to put anyone, if parole and good time measures were adopted, as evidenced by the choked implementation of the Second Chance Act regarding CCC placement. Of the 37,635 people in prison who qualified for RRC placement in the last year ending this March, 20% did not go to RRC.
Please join us in this most important work at: http://www.FedCURE.org
FedCURE
P. O. Box 15667
Plantation, Florida 33318-1567
E-mail: FedCURE@FedCURE.org
TRULINCS: TRULINCS@FedCURE.org (For federal inmates only)
Website: http://www.FedCURE.org
SKYPE: FedCURE
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FedCURE commented on the article |FedCURE H.R. 1475 Campaign on CHANGE:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/increase_federal_good_time_allowances
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FedCURE commented on the article |
FedCURE H.R. 1475 Campaign on CHANGE: http://www.change.org/ideas/view/increase_federal_good_time_allowances
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FedCURE commented on the article |
The government's experts on these issues all support reforms, as evidenced in FedCURE NEWS Presentation on Second Look.
Take the time to watch U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (Video #1), U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder (Video #2) and most of all, Patricia Cushwa, Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission (Video #11) and Harley G. Lappin, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Video #8).
We would be remiss, however, if we did not urge you to view all of the Video's on Panel Four, titled: "Good Time, Community Corrections and Re-Entry." See our video section and please feel free to engage us here, or there on the issue of establishing a hybrid system of parole, increased good time allowances and reentry for federal offenders: http://www.facebook.com/fedcure?v=app_2392950137
H.R. 1475 - The Good Time Bill. Contact Congress. Take Action now! http://www.fedcure.org/documents/HR1475.shtml
Kindly post everywhere. Merry*Christmas, FedCURE.
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FedCURE commented on the article |FedCURE ACTION ALERT:
~ 15 November - 03 December 2010 ~ National Call - to - Action Days on H.R. 1475.
Everyone! Please call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. The Switchboard can direct you to your Congressional Representative and Senators. Once you reach the office, you can use the talking points below or share your own story:
MESSAGE:
I am calling to have you cosponsor H.R. 1475, The Federal Prison Work Incentive Act, because I am concerned that almost 211,000 people are "Endlessly" languishing in federal prisons in the U.S. The average age is 38 years old. Most are serving long sentences, for a non-violent offense like marijuana; the majority of whom are first time offenders. There is no parole.
H.R. 1475 ~ Federal Prison Work Incentive Act (Winner of the "Top 10 Ideas for Change in America for 2010") is a bill to restore the former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms, that would increase good time allowances from 54 days per year to 120 days per year. Just a 10% reduction in the federal prison population would save taxpayers $1.2 billion dollars per year and release 21,000 non-violent people from prison.
Be Relentless:Keep calling until your Congressperson(s) agree to cosponsor H.R. 1475, make an appointment to see them, if necessary to get their support. Contact Congress: http://www.fedcure.org/ContactCongressREP-SEN.shtml
More . . . http://www.fedcure.org/information/FedCURENews.shtml
FedCURE's Idea to "Increase Federal Good Time Allowances ~ H.R. 1475"
Winner of the "Top 10 Ideas for Change in America for 2010."FedCURE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fedcure
FedCURE on CHANGE: http://www.change.org/ideas/view/increase_federal_good_time_allowances
FedCURE's White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Reentry Project
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Many thanks for your support.
FedCURE
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FedCURE commented on the article |
DATELINE---New Orleans - 1987 | (. . . continued):
Hamilton v. Morial is the longest ongoing Prisoners' Rights lawsuit in the United States, probably the World.
Elizabeth Alexander has been a FedCURE Board Member for ten years and is now in private practice. See: http://www.fedcure.org/bios/alexander.shtml.
FedCURE is the world's leading advocate for federal inmates. Five of FedCURE's 14 board members served federal time under the "old law" parolable sentencing régime (over 70 years of experience behind the wire in USP's and FCI's). All successfully completed their parole and reintegrated into society. All hold J.D.'s, two with additional LL.M's and two hold Ph.D.'s serving as tenured professors at leading universities. See: http://www.fedcure.org/aboutus.shtml.
FedCURE's leadership are America's best example that the "old law" federal parole system worked. There is no parole for federal offenses committed after 01 November 1987 and good time was reduced fro 120 days per year to 47 days per year. Federal prison population soared from 34,000 to the 211,000 people, whom are endlessly languishing in federal prison, most for non-violent offenses, many for marijuana.
FedCURE is the lead organization working to re-establish a parole system--legislation to establish a hybrid system of federal parole and extra good time allowances. Please come and help us out. We need your support!
Please see the next post.
FedCURE
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DATELINE---New Orleans - 1987 | Federal Pre-Trial Inmates (FedCURE Leadership) --- Orleans Parish Prison | Pre-Trial Torture |
New Orleans is the Incarceration Capital of the US. | Louisiana's incarceration rate is by far the highest in the world. Why? Shut this greedy money orientated system down.
The late Dr. Kenny Linn, former Chairman of FedCURE, current FedCURE Chairman, Mark A. Varca, J.D., and his father Anthony (Pop--now 86 years old), spent 22 months in the CCC of the Orleans Parish Prison, pre-trial, under then Sheriff Foti, now Attorney General of LA. The famed "House of the Rising Sun." No bond for any of them, because the offense (marijuana conspiracy) carried more then 10 years. Trials resulted in guilty verdicts for conspiracy and brought Dr. Linn a 20 year "848" sentence. Mark and his Dad, first time offenders, were slammed with 52 year (old law parolable) sentence. The jail conditions were intolerable and almost indescribable for words. It was pure torture. Imagine going thru a federal criminal trial while being housed in unspeakable conditions at OPP. They started a class action, Prisoners' Rights lawsuit in 1987, against Sheriff Foti, with local ACLU as co-counsel with Dr. Linn, that was subsequently consolidated by the U.S. District Court with another class action Prisoners' Rights lawsuit, that had already be going since 1969: Hamilton v. Morial, Civ. Action No. 69-2443, http://www.aclu.org/prisoners-rights/hamilton-v-morial-civ-action-no-69-2443.
The lead counsel in this litigation was Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the ACLU's National Prison Project, in D.C., until here retirement from the ACLU last year.
This litigation is still ongoing and most recently the KATRINA actions have been also consolidated. That suit contends that "[o]ne day before the hurricane hit, Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the first-ever mandatory evacuation of New Orleans. The Mayor's evacuation order excluded the Plaintiffs, some 6500 prisoners housed at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), who were left behind in New Orleans to ride out the storm. It is still not known how many inmates perished in flooded cells. You can read all the gory details here: http://www.aclu.org/files/FilesPDFs/motion%20for%20an%20injunction.pdf.
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