Right and the defense marriage act and the decision not to defend it in court. And he talked about restoring civil right and the vote to exfelons. This is 20 minutes. Our next guest is a special guest and we appreciate having him here as we always do. I commend general holder for his willingness to speak to us candidly and openly every year. The fact that our parting gift is going to be a baseball cap speaks to how many times you have been here because all of the gifts we give out have already been given to you. We will give you something you might be able to use. But we have all familiar with general holder. He was sworn in as the 82 attorney general on february 3rd 2009. He was named to be the Deputy Attorney general in 1997 and served as the United States attorney for the district of columbia. He was nominated to be an associate judge for the district of columbia. He was a litigation partner at covington in washington. It is a pleasure to have you to here address us. General . [ app
[inaudible conversations] this airing of the subcommittee will resume. It would have been ten minutes except the senate train broke down. [laughter] we had to walk over the capital. Please proceed. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the committee. Thank you for revisiting this pressing issue. Changing the culture in the prisons will change the culture and our cities and states. The disproportionate and arbitrary use of solitary confinement is not only immoral but they missed the opportunity to break the cycle of crime. This approach doesnt increase Public Safety and is contrary did justice goals were the criminal Justice System, accountability and restoration. Teaching people to become good citizens red and just give prisoners is a charge entrusted to the Correctional Officers by the taxpayers. Skilled whartons understand that in sharing prisoners become responsible and productive members of society at large is paramount to the safety of our communities whether in
Director of external affairs, and he served in the Mission House of representatives elected speaker, lives in michigan with his wife, stacy, and three young daughters, and i thank you and justice fellowship for your appearance here today. Mark levin, at the texas Public Policy foundation, playing an Important Role in adult and justice reforms, and the state, the leader of the Public Policy foundation, right on crime initiative, led conservative efforts to reform the criminal Justice System. He was law clerk to judge will garwood on the fifth circuit and staff attorney at the texas supreme court. Thanks to the texas Public Policy foundations work led to reforms of the drug sentencing law and in particular, i thank you for your support for the sentencing act, which all members here today have cosponsored. Damon, a witness before us, in late september, he was missions 141st death row inmate to be exonerated on actual innocence grounds since the spring court reinstated Capital Punishment s
Knowledgeable to do. Too often our jails have become our countrys mental institutions, and i believe that supporting bills such as the Community Mental Health Collaborative Mental Health act that senator franken spoke of earlier will help provide resources to our states, Law Enforcement community, as well as to our state corrections officials when theyre encountering and dealing with people that are suffering from Mental Health issues and Mental Illness. I would like to share some promising alternatives and strategies from justice fellowships perspective of those that have reduced the use of segregation. That is first to use Mission Housing to target the need of prisoner was Mental Illness, developmental delays, and those at risk of sexual victimization. Second, to use alternative responses to the disruptions outside of segregation. Third is to increase the training for the prison staff on methods that promote positive social behavior within the bureau of prisons. Jurisdictions employi
The sixth annual Mental Health Awareness Day program is being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 18, at New Life Community Church in Tyler. The event will feature a mayor’s proclamation, speakers and vendors on various mental health topics and a panel discussion on how to access the various mental health services in the area.