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  • Rich, I just looked up the cost of Connecticut tags. After getting your car checked out for %15, it costs about $80 for tags (depending on the type of vehicle). After reading a couple of your letters on http://www.prisonactivist.org/, I'm writing to make a request that could end up being ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #7 by Richard Stevenson July 10, 2014
  • Rich, Thank you for responding when you could. There is no page limit on your submission, but I think 10 to 20 pages would be great - as long as all of it is focused on felonism. You are welcome to write out your submission instead of typing and mail ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #7 by Richard Stevenson Sept. 2, 2014
  • Rich, I tried to comment on a post you made about imagining Homeland Security could do to freeworld people what guards do to prisoners. I could not tell if my comment went through or not, so I'm repeating myself. You are welcome to reuse things you have posted as part ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #8 by Richard Stevenson Sept. 2, 2014
  • this is part of a Justice Report on PA prisons put out 2/24/14. I thought you might want a look. due to limited space, i had to chop it up. The mistakes were already in the report. I. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS PDOC has begun reforming the way in which it ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #7 by Richard Stevenson Sept. 2, 2014
  • continuation of same report: 2 conditions that prisoners with SMI face while in solitalY confinement are harsh. They are routinely confined to their cells for 23 hours a day; denied adequate mental health care; and subjected to punitive behavior modification plans, forced idleness and loneliness, unsettling noise and stench, harassment ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #7 by Richard Stevenson Sept. 2, 2014
  • Third & last installment: The manner in which PDOC uses solitary confinement often discriminates against prisoners with 8MI/ID: PDOC often unnecessarily and inappropriately places prisoners in solitary confinement because they have SMIIID. Isolating prisoners on the basis of their SMIIID without adequate justification constitutes impermissible discrimination and unjustifiably denies them ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #7 by Richard Stevenson Sept. 2, 2014
  • I really enjoyed reading your recommendations for prison reform and wondered if you would like an opportunity to write something a little different. My husband, Andy, and I are writing a book about the institutionalized (legal) prejudice against people with felony convictions. For example, Andy was given a life-without sentence ...
    on Mindful Living by Daniel Labbe Sept. 2, 2014
  • Dear Rich, I just read your post regarding the cost of incarceration when prisoners are not allowed to work. I have copied it on to a page that will start your chapter in our book - if you agree. I would appreciate it if you could write more about the ...
    on In The Life Of A Connecticut Prisoner #8 by Richard Stevenson Oct. 6, 2014