MTWT - Chris | December 9, 2009
Note: I found this on another blog I came to by accident “The Truth As I See It“. I read it because the title caught my attention. It is a very good piece and a lot of truth spoken in it. Take the time and read it, really read it. It’s powerful and ask some [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | November 29, 2009
WhatsTrue wrote on Nov 29, 2009 2:18 PM: The Ely Times
” Mr. D. Hinton, I think it’s time for you to take a breath. Your anger is showing though your writing. Not everyone will agree with your ideas and your blaming the guards. Your fight is with the warden, director. Not the guards. Your stories [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | August 22, 2009
For the record, in my opinion, you are cowards. To make my point, I will address a couple items that should have you poor feeble-minded parasites howling with anger at our state correctional administrators, including the governor and the prison commissioners.
In High Desert State Prison, I have an affidavit in my possession stating the bad [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | July 25, 2009
RE: Assemblyman Harvey Munford D-Las Vegas Nevada
Assembly Bill 424
The idea that The Director of Prison’s should play a part in determine parole eligibility for inmates is way out of line. It is the perfect example of Nevada’s entire judicial problem, cronyism and conflict of interest!
Assemblyman Harvey Munford, D-Las Vegas [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | July 14, 2009
For the Record
Meeting of the Board of Prison Commissioners
July 14, 2009
To the Members of the Prison Commission and the Public,
Since last meeting, April 14th, nothing has changed that I have noticed: inmates in Ely State Prison are still not being treated properly for serious medical problems, the prison is [read more...]
Matt | June 16, 2009
Note: Ely State Prison is what you would call “permanent lockdown”, and basically these men are in solitary confinement 23 hours a day (most men 24 hours) 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Yes, they do have cellies in some cases, but both men are on permanent lockdown the same amount of time. [read more...]
Rita | June 14, 2009
If there is anyone who knows of an incarcerated person or has previously been incarcerated that has left our prison system who has ALWAYS MAINTAINED THEIR INNOCENCE and was prosecuted by former Washoe County Assistant District Attorney/Federal Prosecutor Ronald Rachow please contact me.
In a recent development a Washoe County judge has ordered the District Attorney [read more...]
Matt | June 11, 2009
Fiscal Year 2008
(July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008)
The following is provided in response to your request for information regarding the costs paid by the state to defend inmate litigation. This is ONLY for the state to defend the lawsuits. This is what the tax dollars in Nevada are paying for. This does not include [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | June 9, 2009
Dear Community Leaders and People for Criminal Justice Reform:
To update you, all the key budget bills that Gov. Gibbons vetoed have been overridden by both houses of the Legislature. We need to thank them and congratulate them all for working together in a non-partisan way for the good of all Nevadans!
Today I’m [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | June 4, 2009
Wishing Petitioners To Death is a 2006 Cornell Law Review article by law professor Shari Lynn Johnson that documents how federal appeals court judges falsified the facts in several capital cases to justify upholding the defendant’s conviction and death sentence. Professor Johnson knows the facts in the cases she writes about because she was a [read more...]
Editor - Lisa | June 3, 2009
Attention Readers:
If you or anyone you know has lost or been denied visitation privileges with a loved one in a Nevada prison, please contact info@makethewallstransparent.org. There is a committee working on this issue, as it has come to our attention that many families have been denied visits for arbitrary or illegal reasons. This situation seems [read more...]
Rita | April 21, 2009
A California executive does time in Nevada State Prison–and lives to write a book about it
By Joe Schoenmann
This article was published on 04.04.02 before Howard Skolnik became director of Prison, Skolnik is quoted in this article as assistant director.
Editor’s note: After this [read more...]
Rita | April 19, 2009
Rebuttal to “WHY WE MUST FIX OUR PRISONS“
by Professor Randall G. Shelden, Criminologist
Senator Jim Webb has been an outspoken critic of America’s prison system for some time now. He is not alone; nor is he the first to point out how horrible this system is. His recent piece in Parade “Why We Must Fix [read more...]
Rita | April 13, 2009
NOTE: These are various public comments submitted to the Board of Prisons meeting on April 14, 2009. There are five listed, each one of them different, but at the same time saying the exact same thing: The lack of medical care is deplorable in the Nevada Department of Corrections and civil rights are being [read more...]
Rita | April 9, 2009
On Tuesday, April 14, in Las Vegas (by video) and in Carson City (live) the Nevada Board of Prison Commissioners will meet to allow the public to put on record its complaints against the Nevada prison system and make suggestions for improvement. Prisoners are asking other prisoners to urge their supporters, friends and loved ones [read more...]
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