http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/mobilizing-on-prison-reforms/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/mobilizing-on-prison-reforms/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Shiela Weber Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:22:23 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=1122#comment-1138 I have a friend that has been in prison for 23 yrs. now and we have been trying to get the Govener to look at his request to remove his habitual offence off him so that he may get a parole this year. Govener Granholm has had his commutation papers on her desk now since July 17, 2008 and neither he nor I have received any word on whether she has read our propsal or not. He has taken all the classes that are required for prisoners to take and he is just sitting in there taking up space when he could be out in society making a difference in a lot of your men and women's lives by telling his story to teens in high school and try to teach them that crime does not pay. he has been in since he was 21 years old and has completely turned his life around. He has been ordained a minister while in prison so in all acuallity the prison sentence has done him a great justice in teaching him how to become a better person. he also has a certificate in physical fitness and nutrition. so if the government would look at some of the men and women that have been in prison and acually look at what they have learned since their first 5 years or so and not just pull them up in the computers and see what they did and not look at how they have changed this could take a big burden off the state of Michigan. by paroling these men and giving them a chance to prove that they have changed and can become a big asset to communities and give them a chance to live the rest of their lives as upholding citizens now instead of keeping them in prison and paying 36,000.00 a year to let them sit in prison and do nothing then the state might be able to get themselves out of debt a little faster. I have a friend that has been in prison for 23 yrs. now and we have been trying to get the Govener to look at his request to remove his habitual offence off him so that he may get a parole this year. Govener Granholm has had his commutation papers on her desk now since July 17, 2008 and neither he nor I have received any word on whether she has read our propsal or not. He has taken all the classes that are required for prisoners to take and he is just sitting in there taking up space when he could be out in society making a difference in a lot of your men and women’s lives by telling his story to teens in high school and try to teach them that crime does not pay. he has been in since he was 21 years old and has completely turned his life around. He has been ordained a minister while in prison so in all acuallity the prison sentence has done him a great justice in teaching him how to become a better person. he also has a certificate in physical fitness and nutrition. so if the government would look at some of the men and women that have been in prison and acually look at what they have learned since their first 5 years or so and not just pull them up in the computers and see what they did and not look at how they have changed this could take a big burden off the state of Michigan. by paroling these men and giving them a chance to prove that they have changed and can become a big asset to communities and give them a chance to live the rest of their lives as upholding citizens now instead of keeping them in prison and paying 36,000.00 a year to let them sit in prison and do nothing then the state might be able to get themselves out of debt a little faster.

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