Elaine Arsenault
@earsenault_f
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I am a writer looking for representation for my book, "This Call will be Recorded; A Memoir about Race, Relationships, and the Criminal Legal System."
Joined January 2013
Fabulous read. Get your copy now!
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A real disconnect when the bureau of pardons and paroles sends out an email celebrating second chance month, but the parole board demonstrates daily that they do not believe in second chances. In 2023, they've denied parole to 97% of eligible people. 1/2
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The new prisons are a bandaid on a gushing wound. The way to solve the problem: 1-New Leadership from Governor Down 2-New Parole/Pardon Board 3-Change sentencing Guidelines 4-Free folks who have served decades in prison 5- Change the way Technical parole violations are handled
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Here is how much people in 43 states are forced to pay to send ONE electronic message to an incarcerated loved one. (Typically, there is a character limit, and one message isn't enough.) In the 14 states that have banned physical mail, it's virtually the only option.
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97% of parole-eligible people have been denied this month. The argument that this protects the public falls apart when the prison system already found 74 in this group no risk to themselves or others & sends them outside the fence to work unsupervised.
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Cannot WAIT to dig into this new book by @JustinoBrooks of @CA_Innocence! If you think you’re immune from being sent to prison for something you didn’t do, you’re wrong. This is a #mustread.
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What would it be like if $25 million went to the health and education of the children.
"In 2018, Mass families spent an estimated $25 million on phone calls to incarcerated relatives, according to the advocacy group Worth Rises, which estimates that correctional facilities received about $7 million in commissions." https://t.co/Kss2dImFSX
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“I’ve never had a handout here. I’ve always tried to [stay out of prison] on my own. And I’ve seen that it’s almost impossible.” https://t.co/WOGobINwB4 Marshall Project Newsletter
americamagazine.org
Prison reform advocates, including the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and the Urban Institute, have praised the program for having “dramatically changed the field of re-entry in Colorado.”
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No questions asked. You would’ve known this — had they taught it to you in school.
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And we point the finger at other countries claiming inhumane treatment of people. We are all complicit.
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts Executive Director Elizabeth Matos said in a statement to the Herald, “Devoting resources to scanning mail while insufficiently addressing the underlying causes of substance use is a misuse of resources.” https://t.co/RfVvI31RUk
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Will people who work in prisons and treat people inhumane get into prison? What are offenses and who decide which ones are worse?
Will people who have committed offenses and gone to prison be welcomed into Heaven after they repent?
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Police in schools do not address students mental health. It creates more trauma.
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In no particular order, here's a few thoughts on the latest development in this saga . . . . 1/ Annie Dookhan might not have failed alone in drug lab scandal, new documents allege
bostonherald.com
On Monday, a Middlesex Superior Court judge unsealed records that show the Office of the Inspector General had referred chemists and supervisors of the Hinton State Laboratory Institute in Jamaica...
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Please retweet and share: "AS MASS RECONSIDERS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR 18 TO 20-YEAR-OLDS, WILL RACE MATTER?" cc: @DigBoston @BINJreports @Fara1 @CourtWatchMA
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As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-year-olds, Will Race Matter? – Dig Bos
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I’ve been following you for a while, read your book, love your story. The adjective I think best describes you is FUCKING AMAZING!
Ever since I got out of prison, I’be strived to live a life that I can be proud of instead of one I regret I don’t need to put a magic word in my Twitter bio for that to be true Anyone paying attention can figure it out - unless they’re being willfully ignorant
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Yesterday RAPP teamed up with Freedom Unshackled at the Albany High School Community & Civic Fair to talk with the senior class about #ParoleJusticeNY and #ClemencyNow. Many students signed up to join the movement to reunite families separated by incarceration.
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