I have a question about public employee unions. I've read most of what you have written and want to hear more of your take on how guard union attitudes might change, or possibly what influences attitudes. I'm in Illinois, retired as a public employee (in a library) My local does not include guards but they are part of the state group - AFSCME. Illinois has a current House bill to allow prisoners who are 50 or older and have served at least 25 continuous years to petition for what amounts to re-sentencing. The bill has a lot of detail, including that the individual victims and families will be able to make a statement to the people doing the deciding about the petition. I don't think this bill will make it to vote this year; it is stuck in a rules committee, but that it has made it that far is a start.
Anyway, people involved are sure the guards will try to quash anything like this in the legislature. All I can do is to try to use my limited union connections to influence how the union as a whole reacts. Illinois is not California, but as far as I can tell there is a lot of similarity in the prison systems, and public attitudes. We have no death penalty, but LWOP is alive and well. The fact that House Bill 3668 exists is a bit of a miracle. I'd like to see it get more attention, and be put forward again if it does not come to vote this year.
Any thoughts you might have will be valuable to me as I try in a small way to influence thinking the my union.
My name is Nandi Crosby. I received a letter from you the other day and would like to reply to you...except I do not know what I did with the envelope that contains your return address. Please contact me again at Chico State. Thank you.
Julia, my understanding from talking to David is that he can't elaborate on certain things that occur inside the prison. If you don't hear anything about this, then this is probably one of those things.
And David, it was great to see you this week! I'm sorry we can't return before L.H. returns home, I was hoping to. But not coming also means that J & M can get 2 days of visits with you. I'll try to make it out later this year. Also, we didn't finish our discussion, but how and what can I do in terms of contacting Duckworth, the governor, help get your writing out, etc.? Write me or let J & M know when you see them. Take care, I'll write again soon.
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Anyway, people involved are sure the guards will try to quash anything like this in the legislature. All I can do is to try to use my limited union connections to influence how the union as a whole reacts. Illinois is not California, but as far as I can tell there is a lot of similarity in the prison systems, and public attitudes. We have no death penalty, but LWOP is alive and well. The fact that House Bill 3668 exists is a bit of a miracle. I'd like to see it get more attention, and be put forward again if it does not come to vote this year.
Any thoughts you might have will be valuable to me as I try in a small way to influence thinking the my union.
My name is Nandi Crosby. I received a letter from you the other day and would like to reply to you...except I do not know what I did with the envelope that contains your return address. Please contact me again at Chico State. Thank you.
And David, it was great to see you this week! I'm sorry we can't return before L.H. returns home, I was hoping to. But not coming also means that J & M can get 2 days of visits with you. I'll try to make it out later this year. Also, we didn't finish our discussion, but how and what can I do in terms of contacting Duckworth, the governor, help get your writing out, etc.? Write me or let J & M know when you see them. Take care, I'll write again soon.
I have made some spelling mistakes as I had trouble reading some of your writing