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2. 7,000 Await Drug Help: Wallace Center Targeted As Criminal Rehab Site 7,000 await drug help Wallace Center targeted as criminal rehab site which would be run by a private firm — for the Alabama Board of pardons and Paroles. http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/030820/drug.shtml

News from the Tennessee Valley HOME PAGE NEWS SPORTS LIVING TODAY ... TV LISTINGS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2003 HOME NEWS FORUMS ARCHIVES ... WEATHER 7,000 await drug help Wallace Center targeted as criminal rehab site By Clay Redden DAILY Staff Writer credden@decaturdaily.com Gov. Bob Riley announced last week that the Wallace Center for developmentally disabled people on U.S. 31, and two other centers, are being closed and consolidated into the Partlow Developmental Center in Tuscaloosa. "It would be for parolees coming out of prison and people placed on probation by the courts," said Pardons and Paroles spokeswoman Cynthia Dillard. "Instead of denying them probation and sending them to prison because they couldn't get treatment, the judge could send them here." In addition to inmates coming out of prison, the Wallace Center also would be used to house parole or probation violators caught using drugs or alcohol, rather than revoking their parole and sending them back to prison. Dillard is quick to say the Board of Pardons and Paroles hasn't gotten final approval to use the Wallace Center as a community correction drug rehabilitation center. Even if the plan is approved, Dillard doesn't expect much in the way of security modifications for the center to house the inmates because of tight state finances.

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TARO Repository Browse List Frames Version Print Version ... Accessing Materials Described Here TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Agency History Scope and Contents Organization of the Records ... Criminal justice plans, 1974-1976, Texas Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division: An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1969-1980 Overview Creator: Texas. Criminal Justice Division. Title: Records Dates: Abstract: Types of records present include correspondence and memorandums, minutes and agenda, grant proposals, and criminal justice plans. These records cover the years 1969-1980 and reflect the duties of the Criminal Justice Division (formerly the Office of Criminal Justice Planning) which included assisting the Governor in the development of policies, plans, programs, and legislation for improving the criminal justice system; preparing a comprehensive state criminal justice plan; and administering the Criminal Justice Planning Fund and federal grants to state and local governments. Quantity: 37 cubic ft.

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5. Prisons & Prisoners, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Resource Guide facility, intensive inpatient drug and alcohol rehab facility and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Board of pardons reviews criminal cases, except http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/law/prisons.html

Select Library Area: Ask a Librarian Careers at CLP Computer Classes Directions Employment Genealogy/History Homework Help Hours Kids' Site Library Subject Guide Locations Renew a Book Request a Book Research Databases Resource Guide Search Subject Departments Support the Library Teens' Site Subject Search: Web Site Catalog Internet Search Database Search Events Search Resource Guide: ... International See also Crime Pittsburgh Region Allegheny County Jail http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/jail/ Lydia's Place, Inc. An interdenominational, interracial, Christian agency dedicated to serving the holistic needs of women offenders. Provides a continum of care - from prison, through transition, to stability. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Institutions If you view the monthly population report, you will see that almost all Pennsylvania facilities are filled to overcapacity. Below are Southwestern Pennsylvania facilities. SCI Pittsburgh (formerly Western Penitentiary) SCI Fayette SCI Greensburg SCI Greene ... Renewal, Inc. http://www.renewalinc.com/ A private, non-profit organization that is dedicated to the renewal of individuals in the criminal justice system and to their return to society as responsible citizens. Renewal offers a work release facility, intensive inpatient drug and alcohol rehab facility and outpatient drug and alcohol and MH/MR counseling.

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7. Texas Office Of The Governor, Criminal Justice Division:An Inventory Of Records 24 criminal Justice Division. Letter, Correspondence (Section 1 Bd of pardons Paroles Staff Review, Comment Letter, Correspondence (Section 1 - TX rehab. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/50034/50034b.html

Texas Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division: An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1969-1980 Overview Creator: Texas. Criminal Justice Division. Title: Records Dates: Abstract: Types of records present include correspondence and memorandums, minutes and agenda, grant proposals, and criminal justice plans. These records cover the years 1969-1980 and reflect the duties of the Criminal Justice Division (formerly the Office of Criminal Justice Planning) which included assisting the Governor in the development of policies, plans, programs, and legislation for improving the criminal justice system; preparing a comprehensive state criminal justice plan; and administering the Criminal Justice Planning Fund and federal grants to state and local governments. Quantity: 37 cubic ft. Language English. Agency History The Criminal Justice Council/Advisory Board was provided staff from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, now the Criminal Justice Division, of the Governor's Office. This Office/Division was administered by an Executive Director, appointed by the Governor for an indefinite term. In addition to his administrative duties, the Executive Director provided interpretations of statutes, both for state agencies and the general public involved in law enforcement and criminal justice. In October 1973, the Executive Director appointed an individual as General Counsel, to assist him in providing statute interpretations and in other matters relating to policies and procedures.

8. The Clinton Rehab Project, Part 2 The Clinton rehab Project, Part 2 April 11, 2002. over his fire sale on presidential pardons, Clinton sneered Yet it was Venezuela s criminal justice system that http://www.anncoulter.org/columns/2002/041102.htm

Talking Ann Coulter DavidLimbaugh.com The Clinton Rehab Project, Part 2 April 11, 2002 YOU KNOW YOU'VE LIVED A GOOD LIFE WHEN both Fidel Castro and Bill Clinton mutter your name in disgust.  If Vlad the Impaler knew about Orlando Bosch, he'd have belched out Bosch's name, too. Just a few months ago, Fidel Castro was regaling an audience in Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion with tales of Bosch's perfidy.  In the sort of crisp, punchy speaking style that draws millions to hear him (nearly as much as the threat of execution), Castro compared Bosch to the Sept. 11 terrorists.  Bosch, Castro said, was the perpetrator of a "monstrous terrorist act." Books Strongly Recommended! Hillary's Secret War, Richard Poe So Many Enemies, So Little Time, Elinor Burkett Roots of Freedom, John W. Danford By Ann Coulter Treason: Hardcover Audio Slander: Paperback Hardcover Audio Large Print High Crimes: Paperback Sponsors Start Advertising Now E-Mail List Similarly, Clinton invoked Bosch's name recently while being interviewed for Newsweek's Clinton Rehabilitation Project.  Angrily describing the ruckus over his fire sale on presidential pardons, Clinton sneered: "I swore I wouldn't answer questions about Marc Rich until (former president) Bush answered about Orlando Bosch."

9. Prisons & Prisoners, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Resource Guide Links to web resources and online articles about prisons, especially about the increasing prison population in the United States. intensive inpatient drug and alcohol rehab facility and outpatient drug and alcohol Pennsylvania, the Board of pardons reviews criminal cases, except impeachment to determine http://www.clpgh.org/subject/law/prisons.html

Select Library Area: Ask a Librarian Careers at CLP Computer Classes Directions Employment Genealogy/History Homework Help Hours Kids' Site Library Subject Guide Locations Renew a Book Request a Book Research Databases Resource Guide Search Subject Departments Support the Library Teens' Site Subject Search: Web Site Catalog Internet Search Database Search Events Search Resource Guide: ... International See also Crime Pittsburgh Region Allegheny County Jail http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/jail/ Lydia's Place, Inc. An interdenominational, interracial, Christian agency dedicated to serving the holistic needs of women offenders. Provides a continum of care - from prison, through transition, to stability. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Institutions If you view the monthly population report, you will see that almost all Pennsylvania facilities are filled to overcapacity. Below are Southwestern Pennsylvania facilities. SCI Pittsburgh (formerly Western Penitentiary) SCI Fayette SCI Greensburg SCI Greene ... Renewal, Inc. http://www.renewalinc.com/ A private, non-profit organization that is dedicated to the renewal of individuals in the criminal justice system and to their return to society as responsible citizens. Renewal offers a work release facility, intensive inpatient drug and alcohol rehab facility and outpatient drug and alcohol and MH/MR counseling.

10. Pardons And Prohibition: Drugwar.com The state s top elections official called for a criminal investigation of pardons and Prohibition. The Czar quits his job, she goes into rehab and everything http://www.drugwar.com/pardonsprohibition.shtm

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11. TalkLeft: Talk Line 2001 pardons . Associated Press. President Clinton ended his tenure Saturday by pardoning 140 Americans, erasing the criminal 1/10/01 Drug rehab May Not Shorten Jail Time http://www.talkleft.com/january01.html

The Talk Line All About Crime, All the Time January, 2001 This requires a Java-enabled browser. TalkLeft Top News Upcoming Events Action Alerts Legislative Updates ... About TalkLeft TalkLeft Top News TalkLeft brings you updated crime-related political news from The Crime Line at CrimeLynx.Com 1/30/01... Andrew Cuomo Confirms He'll Run for Governor...New York Times Andrew M. Cuomo used an invitation-only party in his honor at a Fifth Avenue shoe store last night to declare — definitively — that he will run for governor of New York. His announcement sets up what is expected to be a hugely competitive Democratic primary between the son of a former governor and the state comptroller, H. Carl McCall, who is seeking to become the state's first black governor. 1/30/01... Officer, Sobbing, Recalls Secret Life of Crime...New York Times The fear of getting caught had passed, as had the shame of pleading guilty before a federal judge to charges of armed robbery and murder conspiracy. So the only thing that remained for Anthony Trotman yesterday was to tell the tale of his startling transformation from a New York City police officer to a member of a brazen Brooklyn robbery gang. 1/29/01... U.S. Sens. Leahy, Clinton to Oppose Ashcroft . ...Reuters

12. Cannabisnews.com: Reformed Drug Offenders To Ask Bush For Pardons an honor student at the University of HoustonDowntown, the criminal justice major pardons. involved in trying to get him in some type of rehab hospital instead http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3041.shtml

Reformed Drug Offenders to Ask Bush for Pardons Posted by FoM on September 27, 1999 at 08:01:18 PT By The Associated Press Source: Star-Telegram HOUSTON Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush, dogged by questions about illegal drug use, has admitted that he made "mistakes" in his youth. Now some reformed drug offenders plan to ask the Texas governor for a pardon. Roseanna Ruiz, 43, a twice-convicted drug felon who is now a Houston honor student and prison drug counselor, and Randall Mason, a Dallas-area electrician who spent 18 months behind bars for marijuana offenses, will petition Bush on Monday to review their cases and grant formal pardons, said G. Alan Robison, executive director of the Drug Policy Forum of Texas. Robison, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, will submit a letter to Bush asking that he do the same for thousands of people incarcerated in Texas for similar, nonviolent drug offenses. "It's a hell of a thing to have a felony on your record," Robison said Sunday. "And many of these people are guilty of exactly the same thing you and I and everybody know Gov. George W. Bush did as a kid, even if he won't admit it." Questions about past drug use have hounded Bush, despite his repeated refusals to discuss the subject. Last month, when pressed he said he had not used illegal drugs in the past 25 years.

13. Experience Of Other States Youth rehab Servs. pardons Bd. Vision To share, record and update key criminal justice information online between participating JNET agencies in an efficient http://wijis.state.wi.us/asx/workgroup/IJIS report findings/jAppendix4b.html

Experience of Other States: Charts State and System Basic Goal/ Approach Lead Agency and Start Date Agencies Involved Organizational Structure Funding Alaska Criminal Justice Information System Integration Comm-Public Safety Comm-Administration Comm-Corrections Attorney General Courts Judicial Council Police Chiefs Assn Public $449,000 General Fund allocation in Governor's FY99 Capitol Budget. California Criminal history record improvement project Colorado CICJIS Link agency case management systems via middleware. Dept. of Public Safety Public Safety Corrections Human Services Courts DA Council Info Mgt Comm approves CICJIS plan; Exec. Policy Bd has business. 5 members "Business authority over the overall system" Connecticut CJIS Agency heads form CJIS policy board. Facilitate the coordination and integration of CJIS programs. Dept. of Public Safety/State Police Courts State's Attorney Public Defender Dept. of Corrections Parole Bd. DMV DOA, Tech Services Police Chiefs Assn Delaware DELJIS Board of Managers: establish policy for the dvlpmt, implementation, and operation of comprehensive, integrated info systems in support of justice system.

14. Just Criminal: Unintended Tragedies unanimously recommended that the governor issue the pardons. has said the results of criminal and administrative Issue 1, which would mandate rehab instead of http://www.csdp.org/news/news/justcriminal.htm

// Load MAP Functions Home page Coalition for Medical Marijuana PSAs About CSDP ... Search Quick Links Click on the links below to go directly to the news item, or just scroll down Cop Who Killed Young Louisville Man Charged With Murder Local Leaders Outraged Over Police Shooting Of Unarmed Man On Georgia Interstate Coleman Indicted For Perjury Twelve Tulia Defendants Free At Last ... Other Resources More News Links Follow the links below for breaking news from these other reform organizations Drug War Chronicle DrugSense News Weekly NORML News Drug Policy Alliance News ... Contact Common Sense Criminal In justice Communities Under Seige By Badge-Wearing Armies In Name Of Drug War Cop Who Killed Young Louisville Man Charged With Murder "Murder Charge In KY Police Shooting" ), "Michael Newby's extra-large jogging pants were falling down as he rushed out of the house. 'Boy, you better get a rope or a belt or something for those,' Jerry Bouggess told his slender stepson, who was heading out for a Saturday night. That was the last conversation they would have. Early the next morning, Newby, 19, was dead, shot in the back three times by an undercover Louisville police officer during a drug bust. Newby was the seventh black man killed by police in the past five years in this city of nearly 700,000, where blacks make up about 20 percent of the population." Though Newby was shot in the back, legal experts and rights activists are not confident that the charges will result in a conviction. As the Globe noted, "Unlike the past killings, however, this one led to murder charges against the officer, McKenzie G. Mattingly, a white man who had been on the force for about six years. But legal specialists and local activists are skeptical the case will end in a murder conviction. 'Just because somebody is shot in the back doesn't mean it's a criminal act,' said Tim Apolito, a criminal justice professor at the University of Dayton in Ohio. 'It's a quantum leap from somebody getting indicted to actually being convicted.' Jefferson County prosecutor David Stengel said the Jan. 3 slaying appeared all along to be a 'bad shooting,' in part because of the shots in the back. Mattingly, 31, pleaded not guilty and is free on bail."

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16. Female Felons programs to divert the female offender from future criminal acts create Jane met her husband at a drug rehab center, but State Board of pardons and Paroles http://www.pap.state.ga.us/female_felons.htm

Board of Pardons and Paroles State of Georgia SEARCH CONTACT US Home Overview ... Links Female felons outpacing males at the turn of century Ten women inmates are gathered around a table at the Metro Transitional Center in Atlanta. Sentenced for different categories of crimes, in different parts of the state, they nevertheless describe themselves in similar terms: "people pleaser," "influenced by others," "attention-seekers." Some sought shortcuts to the red-hot lifestyles depicted on television which contrasted so sharply from the dull gray of their own. Others wanted to numb themselves from conditions which seemed out of their control. Nearing the end of their prison sentences, after counseling, life-management training, and time to reflect, these women more objectively assess their decisions which led to their official removal from the society where many had long felt excluded. According to U.S. Justice Bureau statistics, the rate of female defendants convicted of felonies in state courts grew at double that of male defendants during the last decade. In 1998 an estimated 950,000 women were in prison or under correctional community supervision. Yet female criminality still shocks a public clinging to cultural stereotypes of womanhood and motherhood. Often the offenders are shocked as well, as they review their behavior which, at the time, may have felt more like coping with trouble than initiating it. In paradoxical rhetoric, they frequently describe their pre-confinement life as "trapped" and their prison time as "freedom"

17. Pardongate Report Roger Clinton in Drug rehab with Frightening Coke Habit Friday Aug. 27, 2001. Post Rodham Sought pardons for criminal Democratic Donors NewsMax http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/Pardongate.shtml

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18. Utah State Legislature - Legislative Fiscal Analyst Budget Analysis PED State Office of rehab, 1/26 FY 2004 Budget Analysis - Board of pardons, 1/26 FY 2004 Budget Analysis -Commission on criminal Juvenile Justice, http://le.utah.gov/asp/lfa/lfareports.asp

APPROPRIATIONS RELATED REPORTS, SURVEYS, AND INTERIM STUDIES The Legislature's Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst prepares annual appropriations summaries as well as regular reports on fiscal and programmatic issues. Those reports that are available on-line are listed below. Please do not hesitate to contact us for hard-copies or for reports not listed here. Filter by Appropriations Committee/Subcommittee: All Executive Appropriations Capital Facilities and Administrative Services Subcommittee Commerce and Revenue Subcommittee Economic Development and Human Resources Subcommittee Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Subcommittee Health and Human Services Subcommittee Higher Education Subcommittee Natural Resources Subcommittee Public Education Subcommittee Transportation and Environmental Quality Subcommittee Sort by: Release Date Description Document Description Release Date FY 2005 Appropriations Report FY 2005 Appropriations Summary FY 2005 Supplemental Intent Language Summary FY 2005 Intent Language Summary ... FY 2004 Budget Analysis - Utah Education Network

19. Utah State Legislature - Legislative Fiscal Analyst Subcommittee Reports Supplemental Executive Offices criminal Justice, 2 2005 Budget Analysis - Board of pardons, 2/2 Analysis - PED State Office of rehab, 1/26 http://le.utah.gov/asp/lfa/lfareports.asp?Sort=desc

20. Tides Of Fire Chapter 6 were volunteers amongst the country s criminals, offered full pardons in exchange were not in charge of the Joint Services criminal rehab Office, Wilkins http://www.daltonator.net/fanfics/stories/steve/chap6.htm

Chapter 6 Prisoner Stockade 6 Rolette County, North Dakota, United States of America 4 January 2016 S.E.C. 24 October 3058 I.S.C.      Flat prairie land stretched out for miles across the Dakotan soil, chilled and frozen by the brisk arctic air.  Some degree of snowfall was visible but was not plentiful; the skies were a dull gray from an un-ending layer of clouds blocking off the warm rays of the sun.  Amongst the prairie land stood a single group of buildings in solitude.  Formerly the County Jail, it now served as Prisoner Stockade 6; a military facility for the internment of a battalion worth of training "penal troops".  Men and women convicted of crimes and now in military service, where they were placed under military training and used as a reserve of troops for frontline units.  If, of course, they were not committed as a whole.  The claims made to the public were that they were "volunteers" amongst the country's criminals, offered full pardons in exchange for a term of military service "not to exceed the national state of emergency".      The sad and unavoidable truth was that they were, to an extent, cannon fodder.  People convicted of crimes and conscripted into the penal units, which were then used as defense units to free up conventional army units for counter-offensives or even general offensives.  Since very few officers would accept such an assignment of leading "penal troops" the Army tended to force the issue with transfers.  Most commanders were dishonored in some way or another.  Politics also came into play; an easy way to get a particularly loud-mouthed officer out of the spotlight would be to transfer him to a prisoner stockade, where the media's access was highly restricted.  Officers put into such positions were mostly dissatisfied and even angry, for them it was punishment duty and undeserved.

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