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Is beauty only skin deep, as the old adage proclaims? Here’s a quick peek into the psyche and dignity of female prisoners across America being transformed through beauty while in custody.  OK you ask, why is this even important to talk about, much less a blog?  My thoughts initially, while searching for relevant blogging info. Read more

Dancin’ their way out of court and laughing at the system! Hey California, it’s coming our way.  Hmmm, maybe about September when California lawmakers are predicted to vote SB10 into law, better known as the Catch and Release Law, despite many state’s warnings to California.  New Mexico and New Jersey are quickly finding out theRead more

Operation Dirty Thirds: a recent sweep by the FBI against members of the Mexican Mafia was “a bid to disrupt the gang’s control inside Los Angeles County jails,” according to LA Times writers Rubin and Lau. Hey, it only took 500 law enforcement officials and 3 years to perfect this raid! But wait, only 32Read more

“California’s bail system needs thoughtful, structural reform, not an out of control chainsaw approach that disregards public safety,” states Mark Klaas, President of Klaaskids Foundation. He was the father of kidnap and murder victim, Polly Klaas.  He knows firsthand the pain of being a victim via his daughter.   It is quite unbelievable that bail companiesRead more

If those two words, statistical probability, aren’t enough to say ‘what the hey,’ then let’s throw another word at you – algorithm! Tag; you the arrestee, are now a number (statistic) fed into a major data base system that will replace the monetary bail system, and get this – you, the tax payer are goingRead more

Safe injection sites – what a concept! The city of Philadelphia is not only proposing a medically supervised facility for heroin addicts to shoot-up, but it may be the first U.S. city to use this controversial approach.  Their approach is different. The city will be only a “facilitator between the public and privately run facilities,” citesRead more

How many ways can Ohio try to execute an aging prisoner…. let me count the ways. First, let’s try lethal injection.  On Nov. 15, 2017 after 25 minutes of “unsuccessful needle sticks,” Mr. Campbell’s execution was stopped and postponed until June 19, 2019.  Just think, he now has how many days to reflect upon hisRead more

“Take those scarlet letters off [their] criminal records that [they] carry with them,” states Eunisses Hernandez, policy coordinator for the Drug Policy Alliance. He also states there are “tens of thousands” (1,000,000 actually), who are eligible in California and 200,000 in Los Angeles alone, who may have their past marijuana convictions – expunged!  This blogRead more

Hollywood missed this one – not giving citizenship to a robot in the movie Blade Runner 2049. The Saudi’s didn’t miss the opportunity, though.  In an effort to show the world how progressive they can be, never mind women’s rights, they granted ‘Sophia,’ the first robot (artificial intelligence), full citizenship at a money raising eventRead more

From left: Army Col. (Ret.) Suzanne Wheeler, Army Col. (Ret.) Sheri Swokowski, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake  Dremann, Marine Corps Maj. (Ret.) Kimberly Morris, and Air Force Maj. Bryan (Bree) Fram outside the U.S. Capitol, December 6, 2017. Photo credit: Jason Arrol/NCTE The matter of transgender people serving in the military is a conundrum for everyoneRead more