Fear is a powerful tool. It instantly invokes behaviors at a subconscious level that most individuals fail to even recognize. Take for example the “fight-or-flight” instinct that occurs when we find ourselves in a dangerous situation. Our bodies instantly react without a conscious thought from…
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In 2012, Missouri established an “earned compliance credits” policy that allows individuals to shorten their time on probation or parole by 30 days for every full calendar month that they comply with the conditions of their sentences. In an August, 2016, brief released by The…
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From the beginning of our quest to repeal Truth-in-Sentencing, we have been repeatedly told that our greatest obstacle would be to convince the multiple law enforcement agencies and prosecutors across the state of Michigan that our plan made sense. In our attempt to learn more…
Continue reading Data Presented by The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan Confirms that Spending Billions of Taxpay Dollars on Mass Incarceration Does Not Make Our Communities Any Safer