REVOCATION NATION

Please see and share my newest article at DIGBoston. It tells the story of the epidemic of reincarceration for technical parole violations in the age of COVID.

 

“Jonathan Best had been out of prison for two years when he ended a rocky relationship with his girlfriend. Like many men and women on parole—a form of early release, in which the remainder of one’s sentence is served in the community—he suffered from depression and anxiety.

At the time, Best often had to choose between paying his monthly $80 parole fee and putting food on the table. He worried that if he got pulled over for speeding, a warning would go straight to his parole officer (PO). Like many who face the stress of reentry from prisons in the US, Best sometimes coped by using drugs or alcohol. He rarely felt free.” MORE

It’s A Crime: Using Technical Violations to Reincarcerate

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For more info on the MONTH LONG national list of September activities demanding decarceration and honoring the anniversary of the Attica uprising 49 years later:  https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AtticaUprising49-Calendar-of-Events.pdf