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Jailhouse Law- ‘Retaliation’ ~Robert Rose|MSP
The contents in this article that are not direct quotes or cites from the courts should in no way be construed as “legal advice” but rather just the opinion of the writer. It is not uncommon to hear inmates or … Continue reading
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Walking Home…
Montana State Prison is divided into two parts: the high security side and the low security side. A fence topped with separatess the two classes of prisoners. There is no mixing of the populations. Convicted of a violent crime, I began my sentence on the high-side…
Reporting MSP/DOC Staff Misconduct…
For most, that sense of powerlessness evolves from our own ignorance of the laws that are there to
protect us. Most of us find ourselves unaware, or uninformed, of the provisions of policy and law that
offer a proper and just course of action to take in presenting our grievances to respective agency
authorities and the courts. There are also some of us who see our systems failures, and do
absolutely nothing to help address the problem. Continue reading
Thanks to John Wirtala for informing the public of the Parole Board activities.
“They offer an inmate a parole board meeting before they are eligible. If the inmate isn’t aware of this when he shows up they flip them for a full year or two if they are exceptionally early. That way they can set the budget and count on that income for the next year or two.” Continue reading
White Elephant…
Our prisons are full because intake exceeds outflow. The bottleneck in the system seems to be the Board of Pardons and Parole. No matter how statistics are manipulated, research shows there are approximately 600 inmates who, as their duly elected sentencing judges planned, are eligible for parole right now…