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Monday, April 8, 2013

wrongly convicted

ought to be free wrongly convicted and innocent Present their cases cases on blog : OUGHT TO BE FREE
Jose Soto
James Shultz
Cory Gilmore
Myron Edwards
Gable Hall
Reginald Cytus
Douglas Horn
jesse skinner
brandon daniels
Chom agim
Aaron Evans
Carl gilber t
Lloyd jarrow Childeric Maxy Christopher Berry Brandon Daniels Cory Gilmore Marvin Wilson Juan Quentin Ward and bid for freedom
Blog of essays Steven Grant, seeking to prove his innocence>">Stephen Grant Lene Cespedes Bernell Selders Tommy Green Lorenzo Johnson href="http://oughttobefree.blogspot.com/2010/05/lloyd-jarrow.html">Lloyd Jarrow

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a)Families for a Second Chance
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c)FFUP CASES :Health care cases ( HSU- health service unit)
d) FFUP CASES:mental health and abuse and overuse of solitary confinement
e)FFUP cases policies, rules laws corrupted
f)FFUP cases: PREA, rape elimination act and failure to protect
g)The elephant in the room- no treatment or training then release with no support
h)Room rental project for soon to be released prisoners

So who ARE we incarcerating? posts old and new tell the real story

a)so who ARE we incarcerating? let's take a look.
Dead TIme
Evolving Justice: links to Studies and Articles on Wordpress
POPS Program/
Recidivism decline with age
Ron Schilling: to all those genuinely Concerned
Second Chance for Juveniles
UNLOCKING AMERICA: a summary from JFA Institute Unlocking America by David Rhodes

GREAT National and statewide STUDIES/REPORTS

UNLOCKING AMERICA: a summary from JFA Institute/Summary by David Rhodes
Whole study OF THE above
ACLU:AT AMERICA'S EXPENSE: THE MASS INCARCERATION OF THE ELDERLY
Wisconsin’s Mass Incarceration of African American Males: Workforce Challenges for 2013 By: Employment and Training Institute University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2013

REPORTS by FFUP and supporters

a)Torture in WI Prisons: a report solitary in WI prisons
b)Staffing Crowding and Death in WI Prisons, an FFUP REPORT
c)FFUP Report: WCI response to COVID lackadaisical and punitive
d)Parole Rule change petition submitted to governor Evers 2018
e)mind control in prison by Cesar DeLeon, a GBCI prisoner
f) ( 2020)Best Release Paths for prisoners at risk in these covid days

OLDER posts on this blog (2013 thru 2022)

Waupun Christmas Eve Lockdown
warden Novak continues to Provoke
Warden Delaying Flu shots at CCI
Updates on CCI lockdowns from Nate Lindell
Update and Retaliation against Ron
UNLOCKING AMERICA STUDY Summary
Torture in Wisconsin Prisons, A New FFUP Report
Staffing, Crowding and Death in the WI DOC
spring 2018 newsletter
spring 2016 Money scam
some solitary prisoners FFUP is working with
second chance for juveniles
Revocations-some collected documents
Report on January 22 meeting with DOC
Proposal for Rejuvenating Wisconsin's Failed Corrections System
POPS PROGRAM - a good model for WI
our evolving justice
Open Letter to Evers
Nine Rule Change Recommendations
More Deaths =a report
Makda Fessahaye response to lockdown
Lockdown update letters from Jerome
Let our people go rally Feb 5
Larry Bracey Killed by Medical
Kerby Win money scam clarified
January 8 2020 Parole Commission Meeting
January 2020 CCI Lockdown update
In WARM BLOOD book by DarRen Morris and Judy Adrian
Important graph/statistic- crime declines with age
Ideas for prison action coalition
Hunger strikers demands met at CCI
Gut Punched, a promise Betrayed
great links to other blogs and webs
FFUP wish list for new governor
FFUP UTUBE CHANNEL
FFUP Intake report first half 2019
exhibits in our solitary suit 2018
Executive Clemencies give by WI governors form 1970 to 1986
Culture of Forced Homelessness by Ron
complaint and two court orders in our suit against overuse and abuse of solitary
CCI Lockdown retaliation and update
CCI LOCKDOWN 11- 2019
Carl McDaniel, another victim of deliberate indifference
Brief Summary of next steps at CCI
Black Mass Incarceration by Dewitt King
art, writing songs, poetry
Art of LaRon McKinley
Advocacy Meetings with Leigslators
action to bring back Clemency
Action gets the goods-notes from February 5th
a revocation case that beats all
2020 New Years Eve solidarity demonstration at CCI
2017 report death and extortion
2014 abuse, parole

Campaign Posts

intro to Families for a Second Chance Campaign
First Petition- end monopoly over hygiene and canteen items- a big issue for families and prisoners
Pamphlet pilot project room rental project/ help us plug the prison pipeline
first example for your to follow : OPEN LETTER to new parole Chairman Christopher Blythe
second example of open letter- this one to WIDOC SECRETARY CARR
Let's get some facts out there- charts and studies, essays, to combat the hate/fear rhetoric
who are we really incarcerating? a look at the people in our prisons/a start

Overuse and Abuse of solitary confinement

CLASS ACTION ON SOLITARY ABUSE FILED 6 18
Links to blogs and posts on solitary confinement, the mentally ill and political prisoners and solutions that work.

Posts here on art, poetry. Writing.song

Meet your Prisoners- a potpourri of essays and poetry by prisoners
A mix of arts and artists in WI prisons
Voices from Within
Art of LaRon McKInley
Art of DarRen Morris
In Warm Blood

studies and articles:Solitary confinement in the news and studies

View important studies and news on solitary on wordpress blog
ACLU model bill for reforming solitary confinement for the mentally ill

COVID 19 AND WI PRISONS

Bringing back clemency to WI prisoners
a) 8 actions to help fight Covid 1o
b) crisis in our prisons-emails and letters needed
c) a sampling of our most vulnerable prisoners
d) open letter to Governor Evers
e) WCI Response to Covid 19 exposure lackadaisicle and punitive
f) a segregation primer
g)Reports from prisoners sorted by prison
h)prisons as covid 19 death traps
i)"torture in WI Prisons" FFUP report on solitary and how present prison crisis got set up.
j) DOC Secretary Carr's public statement
J)occupy Kevin's inbox
k)report on 100's of aged and infirm at SCI
l)Occupation ourside Kevin Carr's house
m)notes on Covid from Matthew
n) the illogic of Stanley's Response to Covid19

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FFUP Latest reports

Torture in WI Prisons, an FFUP REPORT
Flier for FFUP Solitary Torture Report
Staffing Crowding and Death in WI Prisons, an FFUP REPORT
parole rule change petition using statute 227 submitted to Gov Evers 7 18 19

LATEST NEWSLETTER ,CAMPAIGN MATERIALS

Bridge of Voices 11-2019
Bridge of Voices Summer 2019
newsletter Bridge of Voices Spring 2019
FFUP Newsletter Winter 2018
newsletter summer 2018
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Newsletter 9 17 Fall
newsletter 6 17 summer
newsletter 4 17
Bridge of Voices FFUP newls end of 2016
FFUP newsletter july, August 2016
FFUP newsletter april to June 2016
January 2016 newsletter
September 2015 newsletter
New blog for Old Law PAROLE Campaign-new campaign/click here
March 2015 FFUP/ Bridge of Voices
SECOND CHANCE OLD LAW FLIER-HELP US MAKE THE LAW DO RIGHT!!!
links to Center for Investigative Journalism 7 14 articles on abuse by guards in Waupun seg unit and actions following
Data on Waupun abuse articles in pdf form
WAUPUN 7 14 ABUSE ARTICLES in PDF form
OLD LAW PRISONERS/Blog of individual prisoners waiting for parole
Bridge of Voices JUNE NEWSLETTER/present one held up till January
BRIDGE of VOICES- NEWSLETTER 2 14

Posts on Misuse of ACT 355/ the MONEY SCAM

CLARIFICATION AND INSTRUCTIONS ON MONEY SCAM
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spring 2017 update on John Doe and other efforts
two articles on Money taking on Solitary torture blog
Request for John DOE INV Spring 2017
prisoners and Neo Slavery

IN WARM BLOOD

new book by DarRen Morris and Judith Adrian

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meet prisoners long overdue for parole
Second Chance for juvenile offenders blog
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stories of prisoners wrongly convicted

UNLOCKING AMERICA

timeless great study by JFA institute; summary
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solitary confinement "recreation" by Tommy Silverstein, forever entombed in solitary

learn about the ongoing campaign to end solitary confinement torture.

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Crisis in elderly health care - studies and articles

view whole wordpress Elderly Release Blog
ACLU : Mass Incarceration of the Elderly
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Human Rights Watch:Old Behind Bars
Model for whole country- the POPS program:

more FFUP campaign studies, articles

Unstick Parole
Overuse and Abuse of Solitary confinement
Pathway for release for the elderly prisoner

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