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<h3><font size=4 color="#505050"><b>REVIVE THE FEDERAL PAROLE SYSTEM<br>
By Sundiata Acoli - 1/06<br><br>
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</b></font></h3><h4><b>Under the present system most federal prisoners
must serve 85% of their sentences before being released. Almost no
provisions exist for federal prisoners to earn early release thru good
behavior, superior work performance, outstanding achievements and the
like. A federal prisoner sentenced to 10 years today must serve 8 1/2
years before being released; one sentenced to 20 years must serve 17
years before release, no if, ands or buts.<br><br>
Under the old Federal Parole System all first-offenders were eligible for
parole after serving 1/3, or 33%, of their sentence. Also, most were
actually paroled after completing 1/3 of their sentence and all reached
*mandatory release* upon serving 2/3, or 67%, of their sentence. A
federal prisoner sentenced to 10 years under the old laws was usually
paroled after doing 3 1/3 years and reached mandatory release at 6 2/3
years; one sentenced to 20 years was normally paroled after 6 2/3 years,
or mandatorily released after 13 1/3 years.<br><br>
Now Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) has introduced to the House, HR 3072,
a bill To Revive the System of Parole for Federal Prisoners. In order to
get this bill passed he needs the support of other congresspersons
nationwide.<br><br>
WHAT YOU CAN DO<br><br>
Write and/or call *your* Congressperson (*contact info provided below)
and urge him/her to "co-sponsor HR 3072, a bill *To Revive the
System of Parole for Federal Prisoners*," so that:<br><br>
1) Your family member, loved one or friend in the federal prison may be
released early and reunited with you earlier;<br><br>
and/or<br><br>
2) Billions of tax dollars being spent to confine mostly non-violent drug
offenders can be saved or diverted to better and proven methods of
solving drug abuse and addiction problems;<br><br>
and/or<br><br>
3) A safer society can be built by promoting rehabilitation, shorter
incarceration times for deserving prisoners, relief of dangerous prison
overcrowding, prohibition of another wasteful and futile spree of
prison-building and promotion of a better use of public funds to
strengthen needed social programs;<br><br>
and/or<br><br>
4) Whatever other reasons you feel the old Federal Parole System should
be reviewed.<br><br>
After you write and/or call your Congressperson, get your family members
and friends to write/call their Congressperson.<br><br>
*To get your Congresspersons address(es) and telephone numbers access
<a href="http://www.visi.com/juan/congress" eudora="autourl">
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress</a> and click on *your* state; it will
give you all contact info for your Congressperson. Write your
Congressperson at her/his local office. It will reach him/her faster.
Letters to his/her Washington D.C. address will be delayed several months
while being checked for anthrax.<br><br>
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