It's not a nice place to visit and I don't want anyone to die there
Visiting has been locked down for a couple of months now, and as they say, the natives are getting restless. I've said from the...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Apr 4, 20206 min read
Oh for the love of God....
A few days ago I sort of went ballistic on FB and in email, after posting figures about the CoVid response from CDCR and being castigated...
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David Sloane
Feb 9, 20203 min read
What freedom really means...
Hello everybody. This is David, writing to you from a new perspective in my life. It's interesting, looking back, all the "phases" of my...
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David Sloane
Dec 24, 20192 min read
Hair of the Dog that Bit Me!!
Hi folks, Just a quick note to lift your spirits, and hopefully your wallets as well. :-) Here's a brief preliminary report extracted...
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David Sloane
Nov 4, 20196 min read
Going back to prison...
Sooo... After being out almost 7 years, and going back inside for about two and a half years, finally my 12th prison back inside was the...
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David Sloane
Oct 20, 20193 min read
Support letter writing tips.
Support Letter Tips...
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marc
Sep 18, 20191 min read
Is the Board keeping you on parole?
The Board seems intent on continuing parolees on parole as long as possible. In late 2018, my office filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas...
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David Sloane
Jul 29, 20193 min read
Busy, busy, busy!!!
If only i could find some "Spare Time"...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Jul 28, 20192 min read
SHORTER PAROLE HEARINGs?
Some of you may have heard from your lifers about a 'new' parole hearing format, even perhaps called 'the Canadian model of parole.' ...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Jun 29, 20193 min read
Are we doing any good in Level 4?
This is something we talk about often. Our goal has always been to get to every prison that asks us to come--but--it's often an...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
May 13, 20192 min read
Have you heard......?
...that the BPH is now moving toward shorter parole hearings, less subjectivity in decisions, a new framework for hearings created just...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Apr 28, 20192 min read
Legislative Bill Watch; Spring, 2019
Hello everyone As many have predicted, the 2019-2020 legislative session seems to be boiling down to protecting many of the progressive...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Apr 14, 20191 min read
SAN FRANCISCO, HERE WE COME!
It's been a couple of years since we held a lifer family seminar in the Bay Area--not because we wanted to ignore that side of the world,...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Apr 14, 20192 min read
ALL IN THE FAMILY--VISITS,THAT IS
We're being contacted by many family members about family visiting and continuing problems. While this should not surprise anyone, it...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Apr 10, 20192 min read
SOMETIMES SMALLER IS BETTER
We've been doing seminars for lifer families for sometime now, but this year, as I discussed earlier, we decided to offer a choice of...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Mar 27, 20192 min read
QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME
We'll try to tackle some of the questions posed at the recent Sacramento seminar that we either didn't have time to get to or for which...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Mar 24, 20192 min read
Thousands of Years of sentence reductions!
Sounds crazy, right? But it's real. CDCR Undersecretary for Operations Kathleen Allison revealed that startling fact at last week's...
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David Sloane
Mar 10, 20192 min read
Hey! Guess What!!
Hi everyone, this is David writing to you this fine Sunday afternoon. I just wanted to say for those of you who haven't been paying...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Mar 2, 20191 min read
Spending the Weekend in prison
6:30 am and we're ready to roll, headed to KVSP to do the Connecting the Dots workshop for all 4 yards--150+/- guys. It'll be an all day...
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Vanessa Nelson-Sloane
Mar 1, 20191 min read
We've Never Done This Before
We've been holding seminars for lifer families for over 6 years now, but our first seminar this year, March 16 in Sacramento, will be...
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