tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189880741404316392024-03-14T05:22:26.842-04:00Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. (PGCDPC)Here we will share the latest updates and events for the PGCDPC. Visit often! The Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. represents one of seven local affiliates of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
For more information about PGCDPC visit our website at www.pgcdpc.comPrince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-3819896578181877142018-03-10T23:34:00.000-05:002018-03-10T23:34:06.579-05:00Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.'s nominee, Dr. Hattie Washington inducted into 2018 Maryland Women's Hall of Fame!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To be considered, applicants must: + Reside in Prince George’s County, Maryland District 8 (Camp Springs, Clinton, Forest Heights, Fort Washington, Glassmanor, Marlow Heights, Oxon Hill)<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Georgia,Times,&quot; font-size: 23px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
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+ Provide an official transcript<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Georgia,Times,&quot; font-size: 23px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
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+ Write a one page easy<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Georgia,Times,&quot; font-size: 23px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
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+ Provide other documentation as listed on the application<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Georgia,Times,&quot; font-size: 23px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
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Coalition, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that promotes policies and laws
that embrace the public health nature of drug abuse. Through our scholarship
program, we provide community-based support to families within the county with
a focus on students obtaining higher education and living a drug free life.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> The Prince George's County Drug Policy
Coalition, Inc. represents one of many local affiliates of the National African
American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. Our national organization consists of a
coalition of 25 preeminent organizations. Through the support of our national
organization, interested organizational partners, and grassroots members like
you, we hope to prevent and reduce illegal drug abuse and related crimes in
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> The Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition is sad to announce
the sudden passing of retired Maj. Gen. John R. Hawkins, III, co-executive director
of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, on February 3, 2017. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> A D.C. native, “Hawk” as he was often called, was born at
the then Freedmen’s Hospital of Howard University in 1949. He graduated from
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1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Marketing. Hawkins
went on to earn a Masters of Public Administration in American Public Policy
and Government Management from The American University in 1976 and a Juris
Doctor degree from The American University Law School. He studied International
Law at the University of London Law faculty in England in 1979.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He was also a graduate of the National
Security Fellowship Program at the JFK School of Government at Harvard
University, the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-72731394349346807762016-11-29T21:08:00.002-05:002016-12-01T00:52:24.739-05:00Delegate Knotts Holds Annapolis Day for Youth With Local Organizations<div>
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participated in the 2nd Annual Annapolis Day for Youth sponsored by Maryland State Delegate Tony Knotts on Saturday, November 12, 2016. The Prince George's
County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc., The National Harbor Chapter of Jack and Jill,
Inc. and Henry's Soul Café co-sponsored the event. Students from
Friendly High School, Oxon Hill High School, Crossland High School and Elizabeth Seton High School elected
their leadership, discussed bills, and voted on an "Alternatives to
Suspension" Pilot Program bill and an "Extension of Child Support" bill.</span></div>
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Barron, gave a rousing keynote address to the students that described his path to
his present position as a state delegate. "I grew up in a single
family home. Through the support of my mom and other mentors, I have achieved
far beyond my own expectations. I have sat in places that included our
President and Vice President. You all are receiving a tremendous
opportunity to be here and to understand very early how this place works," he
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students to be sure to let their </span></div>
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President of the Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. said,
"Getting students engaged is so important for our well being in the
community and their growth as student learners and leaders. This is our
second year working with Delegate Knotts and the other co-sponsors. We
are thrilled to see the level of excitement and interest these students show
when debating the bills before them. They demonstrated the kind of
leadership skills that will put them on a path for exceptional achievement, she
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Public Relations Department</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Publicist, Shawn Hay</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Office: (301) 641-0814</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Email: heypapipromotions@gmail.com</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Website: <a href="http://pgcdpc.com/"><span style="color: red;">http://pgcdpc.com/</span></a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This Saturday November 12th, from 8am to 1pm, please join District 25
Delegate Tony Knotts at the 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Annapolis Day for Youth. It
will be held in conjunction with the National Harbor Chapter of Jack and Jill
of American, Inc., Henry’s Soul Café, and the Prince George’s County Drug
Policy Coalition, Inc. Local students from Crossland High School, Friendly High
School, Oxon Hill High School, and Potomac High School will be participating in
mock legislative sessions, discussing various bills and casting votes. </span></b></div>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-66845903462256971182016-09-01T16:45:00.002-04:002016-09-01T16:45:32.355-04:00DELEGATE TONY KNOTTS 2ND ANNUAL PRAYER BREAKFAST OCTOBER 1ST, 2016<br />
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-32910082098571326022016-07-01T15:38:00.000-04:002016-07-01T16:07:31.913-04:002016 Empowering Future Leaders Scholarship Breakfast--A Great Success!<br />
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-28505158990111960672016-05-26T16:13:00.001-04:002016-05-26T16:13:35.430-04:00The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. "Empowering Future Leaders" Scholarship Breakfast 2016<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-18636330398303251182016-03-14T00:01:00.000-04:002016-04-16T13:29:19.306-04:00"Empowering Future Leaders Scholarship" Application for the 2016-2017 Academic Year<br />
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Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. is a nonprofit organization
that promotes policies and laws that embrace the public health nature of drug
abuse. Through our scholarship program, we provide community-based support to
families within the county with a focus on students obtaining higher education
and living a drug free life.</span></div>
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pleased to announce the "Empowering Future Leaders Scholarship"
application for the 2016-2017 academic year. For more details, please go to the
link below. If you know of any deserving students in Prince George's County
District 8, please let them know. The application deadline is quickly
approaching.<o:p></o:p></div>
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affiliates of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. Our
national organization consists of a coalition of 25 preeminent organizations.
Through the support of our national organization, interested organizational
partners, and grassroots members like you, we hope to prevent and reduce
illegal drug abuse and related crimes in Prince George's County.</span><br />
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to deliver for you," said Christopher, referring to former Lt. Gov.
Anthony Brown and state Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk (District 21), two other
Democratic candidates. “They have had 16 years. They have had eight or nine
years. If you can’t deliver and bring home the money here to the state, how are
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Christopher's contention that all the candidates should live in the 4th
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question should be the following: would I represent this district in the manner
in which it deserves? Yes,” said Peña-Melnyk, who lived in the 4th District in
Hyattsville until moving just outside the area in College Park in 2001. “I know
the district. Would any of them get out of their bed at 10 o’clock at night if
they get a call from a constituent? Hell no. Would I do it? Yes? Have I done
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SPG-BPW said, “Our members and supporters are especially interested in the
election of candidates who demonstrate concern for more protections against
domestic abuse and violence, equal pay for women, and paid leave for those who
need it”. Dr. Valencia Campbell, President of the Prince George’s County Drug
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resident and candidate views on treatment options for those suffering from
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to be in attendance include: The Honorable Delegate Joseline Pena Melnyk
(democrat), The Honorable Glenn Ivey (democrat), Rob Buck (republican), Warren Christopher (democrat), The Honorable Anthony Brown
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there are daily reports of escalating violent acts in our communities. In Prince
George’s County, Maryland, the home of the most affluent (per capita)
African-American population, overall crime has reduced by 17%, but violent
crime has spiked. In fact year to date (2015) homicides have increased by more
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In an October 1, 2015, White House briefing after a gunman killed 9 people and injured 7 more in Umpqua Community in Roseburg, Oregon, President Barack H. Obama stated, "We have become numb to this." The Mayor of Seat Pleasant, MD in Prince George's County, Eugene W.Grant, and President of the 27 year old youth organization, Global Development for Youth, who called for the countywide March, responded, "Well, we have heard our President and our Stop The Violence March and Forum is intended to send a strong message that we want the violence to stop. We are pleased with the overwhelming support of our message and with those who have decided to join the march to help us take concrete actions to Stop The Violence."</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-73258623848011659742015-12-15T13:55:00.002-05:002015-12-17T16:30:41.570-05:00Congratulations Coalition Member Leticia Forrest, 2015 Southern Prince George's Business and Professional Woman of the Year (SPG-BPW) Woman of the Year<br />
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy, Inc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>congratulates Coalition member Leticia Forrest
on her selection as the recipient of the 2015 Southern Prince George's Business
and Professional Woman of the Year Coalition (SPG-BPW). </span>Coalition President, Valencia
Campbell, nominated Leticia for the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2015 SPG-BPW award.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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mentoring young women, her commitment in supporting nonprofits in the community, her efforts to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> s</span>uccessfully operate a business for more than 15
years and her work managing the prestigious service academy nominations which
allowed young women and men to gain access to these institutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-88613388991441190782015-12-05T04:49:00.002-05:002015-12-08T01:36:11.389-05:00Delegate Tony Knotts Hosts Annapolis Day for Students<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Saturday,
November 7, 2015 Maryland District 26 Delegate Tony Knotts, former County
Council Chairman and Council Member for District 8, hosted a 2015 Legislative
Day for youth in in Annapolis, Maryland from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m .</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The goal of
the event was to encourage more students to learn how the legislative process works
and become more aware and involved in the political process. Through a mock
session in Annapolis, students had the opportunity to discuss selected bills,
cast their votes, and understand the importance of having their voice heard on
issues of critical concern to them and their community. Schools invited to
participate included Crossland High School, Friendly High School, Oxon Hill High
School, and Potomac High School. Delegate Knotts wanted the focus to be on high
school students who may not normally be interested in government, “Our goal is
to provide greater exposure for youth in the areas of policy and government.”<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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Legislative Day for youth in in Annapolis was held in conjunction with the
National Harbor Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Henry’s Soul Café,
and The Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-37246528010913843052015-09-23T18:38:00.000-04:002015-09-23T18:38:21.827-04:00Forum on Police Accountability in Prince George’s and the State of Maryland: NEXT STEPS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b>Toni Holness</b>, ACLU of Maryland; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b> Bob Ross</b>, Prince George’s NAACP; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b>Dr. Johnnie
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Prince George’s Community College, Rennie Forum, 301 Largo Rd, Largo, MD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Meredith Curtis, ACLU, media@aclu-md.org, 443-310-9946</span></div>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-44508861151380683312015-09-11T08:22:00.000-04:002015-09-11T08:22:07.173-04:00"Crisis of confidence with justice system" examined by Michael Brown attorney, panelists<br />
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Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Walter Scott. Sandra Bland. Samuel DuBose.</div>
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Those are a few of the most recent names of African-Americans seared into the collective memory of much of America over the last few years, following their untimely deaths either while in police custody or whose suspicious deaths were not perceived as being investigated or adjudicated fairly by the criminal justice system.</div>
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A panel of legal experts at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago claimed these most recent examples along with the school-to-prison pipeline phenomenon present a lurid new visibility to the ongoing challenges to the rule of law in much of the minority community.</div>
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The perception of a dual justice system gets reinforced with every perceived miscarriage of justice, said Daryl D. Parks, whose law firm represents the family of teenager Michael Brown, who was shot multiple times and killed by former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson last August. The 18-year-old unarmed youth became engaged in a confrontation with the officer over his walking in the middle of the street with a friend, which turned in to a violent altercation.</div>
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“Black Americans are in a crisis of confidence with the Justice Department,” said Parks, a managing partner with the Tallahassee law firm of the Parks and Crump LLC. He said many feel that the “politics of color, class and race” are all leveled against them.</div>
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Parks was joined on the panel titled, “It’s Not Just Ferguson: Promoting the Rule of Law and Other Solutions at Home,” by Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., a retired Washington, D.C. Superior Court judge who is now the executive director of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.; Melanca Clark, chief of staff at the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services at the U.S. Department of Justice; and Bernice B. Donald, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati.</div>
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The most recent cases have been an impetus for extra scrutiny of policing policies and widespread sentiment among people of color that there is a double standard of justice in America, especially with its youth, panelists said.</div>
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Donald noted that in far too many instances police are now the disciplinary figure in inner city public schools. “Schoolyard infractions are now being catapulted in to the criminal justice system,” she said.</div>
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Donald said given the proliferation of security guards, metal detectors and zero tolerance policies in the often highly segregated and poor inner city schools that many have taken on the characteristics of prisons rather than educational institutions.</div>
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“It wasn’t all that long ago when punishment meant coming to school early and attending mandatory study hall,” she said.</div>
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But now with children as young as five and six years old being introduced to the criminal justice system, Donald and others on the panel feared that a negative relationship with the law sets in for the remainder of their lives. Such dynamics, they agreed, hardens the perception in minority communities that the rule of law does not apply to them when it comes to finding justice for their communities.</div>
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Burnett said he certainly understood and sympathized with the concerns about the over-policing of the African-American community and the feelings of being disrespected by police by so many young people. However, he said the smartest thing young people could do was to be compliant when encountering the police.</div>
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“Don’t be defiant and belligerent,” the retired judge said. “Go to lawyers to deal with the problems of abuse and to hold police accountable.”</div>
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Burnett said as hard as it may be to hear, nothing constructive can come out of an individual challenging the authority of a police officer. However, he added that it is also imperative for white police officers to “treat black people with the same respect they show white people.”</div>
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Parks’ firm previously represented the family of 17-year-old teenager Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed in 2012 by security guard George Zimmerman while walking to his father’s home from a store in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, who confronted Martin and shot him during an altercation, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in 2013 by a predominantly white jury.</div>
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Parks said the issue is not black youth’s attitudes, but the failure of police departments to adequately train its officers to respect the public. Also problematic, he said, is the knee-jerk reactions from so many departments, unions and prosecutors to automatically back bad officers when their behavior has been challenged by a civilian.</div>
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He said for every death following an encounter with the police, there are hundreds of people who have been beat up, unlawfully detained and hurt by officers, but aren’t hurt enough to make for a successful case in court.</div>
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“One of the worst parts of fighting a law enforcement agency is that they pretty much have unlimited budgets and clients don’t have much money,” Parks said. “I feel read bad about people who don’t die, but have been humiliated, hurt and have to dismiss their case because they don’t meet the threshold.” </div>
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It’s Not Just Ferguson: Promoting the Rule of Law and Other Solutions at Home” was sponsored by the <a href="http://www.americanbar.org/groups/judicial.html" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Judicial Division</a>.</div>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-73060610066413477642015-09-09T04:15:00.002-04:002015-09-09T22:44:04.476-04:00Real Talk With Dr. Valencia Campbell: Becoming Equipped To Take Action Now chats with Dr. Alvin<br />
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Alvin concerning the climate of activism and protest surrounding the police brutality
that led to the deaths young people like Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO and Freddie
Gray in Baltimore, MD and others around the country like Eric Garner in New
York. The discussion can be heard at: <a href="http://www.dralvin.net/valenciacampbell12/" target="_blank">Dr. Valencia Campbell chat with Dr. Alvin on Real Talk</a></span><br />
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coming up this September include National African American Drug Policy
Coalition (NAADPC) Fall Conference on September 14-15 at Howard University
School of Law. The theme will be: ACHIEVING SOLUTIONS TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
IN HEALTHCARE, JUSTICE AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. The Conference Registration can be found at <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ljgK8k48QVSGN-Is46Fc6x2Tu3-2-zmxhEQGzUjqa4s/edit" target="_blank">NAADPC 2015 Conference Registration Form</a>. Some issues
discussed will including, achieving solutions to problems of police contact, as
well as problems of police contact. These dynamic discussions will include
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Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference which will be held at
the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC from September 15,
2015 to September 18, 2015. There will be a number of sessions addressing
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folk to get involved. Once again, the discussion can be heard on <a href="http://www.dralvin.net/valenciacampbell12/" target="_blank">Dr. Valencia Campbell chats with Dr. Alvin on Real Talk</a>. For more information, Dr. Campbell can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:campbell@advicefromthetop.om"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">campbell@advicefromthetop.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or <a href="mailto:pgcdpc@hotmail.com">pgcdpc@hotmail.com</a> as
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Mr. Norris’s 22 years behind bars over with the stroke of
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siblings, in-laws and, mostly, his all-grown-up daughter, Rajean, who had
wondered if she would ever again see her father out of an orange jumpsuit.
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nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago,
received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today. The mass
incarceration of those days crowded prisons at great expense, and was found to
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Mr. Norris’s winding, six-prison path to freedom followed
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lived behind bars, and then 10 years in which he spent dozens of hours a week
in prison libraries learning federal drug law and pursuing legal avenues to
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His efforts foundered before Mr. Obama’s clemency initiative
saw his case routed to a George Washington University Law School clinic and a
student who received it as a class assignment. Their serendipitous work
together, culminating in Mr. Norris’s release, led prisoners and wardens alike
to call him the Miracle of Morgantown.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During his first days of freedom, Mr. Norris delighted in
slurping his first chocolate shake and fixing his granddaughter’s Barbie
playhouse. He goggled at technology he had never used, from the Internet to
hands-free bathroom sinks.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But he also recognized the challenges that so many recently
released prisoners face: finding work despite his criminal record; getting his
own home rather than crashing in his brother’s basement indefinitely; and
generally convincing a skeptical society that he is a changed man.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“He’s going to be fighting for his life,” said Courtney
Stewart, the founder of the Reentry Network for Returning Citizens, a volunteer
organization based in Washington that helps recently released prisoners pursue
employment, housing and mental health services. “It’s going to be hard as hell,
but he has to be willing to do whatever it takes. It’s not going to be up to
him what that is. He won’t decide how long he’s going to have to do it. He’ll
have to have some faith.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mr. Norris immediately called his parole officer to learn
his responsibilities and pledge to follow them. (His clemency does not vacate
the eight years of probation to which he was originally sentenced.) He applied
for food stamps and, because all he had was his Morgantown inmate card, pursued
a more marketable driver’s license.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His commitment to playing by the rules was so strong that he
avoided a day-labor landscaping opportunity because it paid in cash, and he
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“As I navigate my way back to society and begin a productive
life,” he wrote to Mr. Obama in April, “one of the first and foremost thoughts
on my mind will be my solemn commitment to prove to you that your faith in me
was not at all misplaced.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mr. Norris fit the requirements of the Obama
administration’s clemency program almost perfectly: He had demonstrated model
behavior while serving at least 10 years for a relatively low-level, nonviolent
drug crime. The court’s 1993 presentencing report stated flatly, “There was no
victim in this offense.” Still, sentencing standards of the time called for 30
years in prison.</div>
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Not that Mr. Norris’s record had been exemplary before that.
A lifelong resident of hardscrabble northern Washington, D.C., he had been
convicted of seven crimes since he was a teenager, from possession of marijuana
to check forgery to robbery; none involved violence or a weapon. He was in and
out of prison until the mid-1980s, when he held legitimate jobs — painting and
rustproofing cars, delivering water bed mattresses — but also made $7,000 a
month dealing crack cocaine, a drug so pervasive that even Washington’s mayor,
Marion S. Barry Jr., was caught smoking it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1992, police officers targeting Mr. Norris found 291
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“I wasn’t addicted to the drugs,” Mr. Norris said during his
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alcohol since 1983. “I was addicted to the lifestyle.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Having had discipline issues during several earlier
incarcerations — including a fight in which he stabbed an inmate with half a
pair of scissors — Mr. Norris, now in his mid-30s, committed himself to clean
time and the development of work skills. He took a 4,000-hour course as an
electronics inspector, worked jobs like making furniture and packaging
recyclables, and had only three minor disciplinary violations in 22 years,
according to prison records. His behavior earned him a 2012 transfer to the minimum-security
prison in Morgantown.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ribbed by younger inmates there as “Old Gangsta,” Mr. Norris
spent several hours a day in the law library, poring over the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure and case law that might suggest some way to shorten his sentence.
(He said he received tutoring from a fellow inmate, Matthew Kluger, a corporate
lawyer serving 12 years for insider trading.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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In April 2014, when the Obama administration announced its
clemency initiative, he sensed an opportunity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But federal public defenders were not allowed to handle
clemency applications, so the lawyers who had represented Mr. Norris forwarded
his case to George Washington University Law School’s Neighborhood Law and
Policy Clinic, which allows 10 students per semester to assist inmates for
class credit. A third-year student, Courtney Francik, got the assignment last
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Ms. Francik, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate from the
Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, had heard from friends who had gone to law
school that their most valuable experience came from handling real cases in a
clinic, she said in a recent telephone interview. She signed up and soon found
herself engrossed, taking the unusual step of staying on for the spring
semester as well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I almost moved into the clinic building for Mr. Norris’s
case,” Ms. Francik said. “I couldn’t wait to get to the clinic building in the
morning and start working.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Working closely with two lawyers at the clinic, Ms. Francik
prepared 182 pages of legal and personal material to support Mr. Norris’s
clemency application. Her enthusiasm and confidence during their one
face-to-face meeting at Morgantown, in November, along with phone calls and
numerous letters, so encouraged Mr. Norris that he began sewing the leather bag
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His application was submitted in mid-February, joining
thousands of others from inmates nationwide. They were evaluated by Department
of Justice attorneys, who then recommended top candidates for White House
officials to cull. Mr. Obama reviewed information on each finalist, a White
House spokesman said, before using his constitutional authority to commute
their sentences.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the early afternoon of March 31, a White House lawyer
called the clinic to say that Mr. Norris had become one of 22 people who would
be getting letters of congratulations from Mr. Obama. Ms. Francik received a
text and bolted from her class — Professional Responsibility — to join the
phone call alerting Mr. Norris, who naturally was in Morgantown’s law library.
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“I’m not going to die in prison,” he recalled saying as he
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Mr. Norris spent the three-month wait for his release making
sure he did nothing to jeopardize his good fortune. (Although most inmates were
happy for him, a few resented his special treatment and tried to provoke
altercations, he said.) On the morning he left for good, he told a crowd of
hundreds of inmates seeing him off: “I’m not better than you. I just had to
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Walking toward his family in the parking lot, Mr. Norris
wore heavy gray sweatpants and heavier gray whiskers, some pounds having
migrated from his barrel chest to his belly, but still with the muscular
shoulders of his distant youth. (His brother-in-law remarked, “Man, he looks
good.”) Mr. Norris’s younger son, Raymond, who could not travel to the reunion
from New Mexico, received Mr. Norris’s first phone call and a promise: “It’ll
be my last game of basketball — I’m going to show you what Daddy’s got left and
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The five-hour ride home, during which he took 34 calls on
six different family cellphones, included crucial stops for a Wendy’s chocolate
Frosty and some outlet-mall sneakers. Having never used a cellphone, he
officially entered the 21st century when spotty reception on Interstate 68
caused him to plead, “Can you hear me now?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Family members fought over who would buy him a wallet, a
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“Don’t buy anything for me — wait till I work, I’ll buy it
for myself,” Mr. Norris pleaded. “I don’t want to be no burden. I been y’all’s
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At the welcome-back barbecue among two dozen family members
in his older sister’s backyard, Mr. Norris destroyed a crate of hard-shelled
crabs brought just for him. He met his daughter’s three children, including
2-year-old Zuri, whom he hoisted on his shoulder and told: “Can I have some
sugar? I’ve been waiting to see you. This is all your family. It’s my family,
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Mr. Norris’s younger brother, Bruce, brought him back to his
house in Upper Marlboro, Md., where a new, full-size mattress and several sets
of clothes awaited in the made-up basement room he will use until he gets on
his feet. The next morning, he showed that his playful side had survived
prison; he phoned Bruce and said frantically, “I messed up the alarm and the
police have me in cuffs outside the house!” only to bellow in laughter
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Mr. Norris then met his probation officer to learn the terms
of his supervised release: He may not leave the District of Columbia, Maryland
or Virginia for 60 days, must check in with her regularly, and is subject to
drug testing. A violation could bring its own punishment, which could include
jail, but would not affect his commutation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A growing number of state and federal officials from both
parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening
punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make
up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. The Fair
Sentencing Act of 2010 eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time
possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing
crack with a prior criminal record.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met
with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state
assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and
health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland.
Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in
prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he
said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.</div>
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As for the critical job hunt, the social services
representative told Mr. Norris that he has more skills than many people in his
position. Besides his experience painting cars and delivering packages, she
said, his electronics-inspection classes and exemplary work record in prison
would encourage potential employers willing to look past his incarceration.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The question is how many of those there will be. Mr.
Stewart, of the association that assists former prisoners, said that initial
job searches typically last between nine months and two years and tend to lead
to work that is custodial, or related to the restaurant or lodging industries.
One of Mr. Norris’s brothers-in-law is a shuttle-bus driver for a local hotel
and will try to get him a job there, while another is looking into some
gardening work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ll take the lowest honest job out there — I just want to
get started,” Mr. Norris said. “Society doesn’t owe me anything. I owe society
for dealing drugs.”<o:p></o:p><br />
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A few nights after his release, Mr. Norris phoned the person
he credits most for his coming home: Ms. Francik, the law student with whom he
had not spoken since she delivered the news of his clemency three months ago.
She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in Shelby
County, Tenn.</div>
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“Miss Courtney, y’all kept telling me I was a primary person
the clemency was about,” Mr. Norris told her. “I kept hearing how confident
y’all were. That’s what made me make it. Y’all were the vessels to get me
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“It was an honor, Mr. Norris — it really was,” she replied.
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“I’m trying to get gainfully employed in a hurry,” he said,
“so I can be able to provide and get my own place. I have the freedom to do
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The two spoke for an hour. As the conversation wound down,
Ms. Francik told him, “I’m going to be back in a few weeks and the whole clinic
team wants to take you out to dinner. Wherever you want.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ll be dressed, pressed and at my best,” he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ll have a job by then,” he vowed. “And I’m paying for
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-11631105254049381772015-08-10T17:44:00.001-04:002015-08-10T17:44:51.630-04:00Crime rate not main reason prison population exploded: It was sentencing policy<br />
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Suppose that in 1972, in response to a rising crime rate,
then-President Richard Nixon announced plans to build 1 million new prison
cells, reserve 60 percent of them for blacks and Latinos and put 3,000 people
on death row, said Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Suppose that in 1972, in response to a rising crime rate,
then-President Richard Nixon announced plans to build 1 million new prison
cells, reserve 60 percent of them for blacks and Latinos and put 3,000 people
on death row, said Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Such an announcement, which never happened, would have
provoked widespread outrage, Mauer said. But the nation’s criminal justice
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That scenario helped set the stage on Saturday for a wide-ranging
discussion of the nation’s criminal justice and sentencing policies at a
Presidential Showcase Program at the ABA Annual Meeting. “Mass Incarceration: A
Nation Behind Bars” was sponsored by the ABA Criminal Justice Section.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mauer was one of four panelists who explored the social,
political and financial costs—as well as the collateral consequences to
individuals, families and society—of the explosion in lengthy prison sentences
over the past 40 years or so. Other panelists included former Deputy Attorney
General James Cole; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund; and John Hagan, a professor of
sociology and law at Northwestern University.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mauer said the explosion in the prison population has come
about primarily through changes in policy, not crime rates. Sentencing policies
adopted in the 1980s and ’90s were designed to send more people to prison and
to keep them incarcerated for longer periods of time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The good news, he said, is that we’re finally seeing the
beginnings of a shift away from such harsh sentencing policies in Congress and
in many states. “Many of us are more optimistic about the prospects for reform
now than we’ve been in a long time,” he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cole, now a partner at the Washington, D.C., firm Sidley
& Austin, said the root of the problem was the idea that by taking all
criminals off the streets for a long period of time we would solve the crime
problem. “Crime did go down,” he said, “but we have to ask ourselves at what
cost and with what unintended consequences that we now have to live with.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hagan said that half of all the adults incarcerated in
America have kids, which has all sorts of negative consequences for those
children, who are the innocent victims of the crimes of their parents. He said
he too sees hope for the future, but that “it’s going to take a lot of hard
work by a lot of people to get it done.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-46458106631423699062015-08-10T15:41:00.002-04:002015-08-10T16:37:16.959-04:00Drug crime is No. 1 reason offenders in Maryland are sentenced to prison<h1 itemprop="headline">
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Possession of drugs with the intent to distribute remains the No. 1 reason people in Maryland are sentenced to state prison, according to figures presented on Wednesday (July 29, 2015) to a panel charged with finding ways to reduce incarceration and recidivism.<br />
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The Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council, which consists of a bipartisan group of lawmakers, senior-level government officials, attorneys and law enforcement representatives, received data about who is sentenced to prison, how long they stay and what impact the trends have on the state’s overall prison population.<br />
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Felicity Rose, a senior associate for the Crime and Justice Institute, said prison admissions have dropped by 19 percent over the past decade, from 11,078 in 2005 to 8,928 last year. The institute was hired by Pew Charitable Trust, which is partnering with the state to look at the data.<br />
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In 2014, 58 percent of the prison admissions in Maryland were for nonviolent offenses. And although there was a 52 percent decline in people going to state prison for possession with intent to distribute over the past decade, the offense was still at the top of the list of reasons newly sentenced prisoners were sent to prison. Drug offenders make up 19 percent of the state’s prison population.<br />
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Christopher B. Shank, chairman of the council and head of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention, said the data provide the panel with some of the information it will need to make its recommendations to the governor and General Assembly.<br />
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“We have to look at what is driving the systems,” Shank said as he opened the meeting. “That’s the question that we will look at at future meetings.”<br />
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The panel plans to look more closely at what has caused the number of prisoners from Baltimore City to drop while the overall number from other parts of the state has increased. Panel members also expressed interest in examining sentencing decisions and digging deeper on the 14 percent increase in burglary offenders sentenced to prison in the past 10 years.<br />
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The panel plans to release its recommendations in December. It is one of three panels exploring reforms of the criminal justice system. The other panels are looking at best practices for police cameras and police training, and improving community relations.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/drug-crime-is-no-1-reason-offenders-in-maryland-are-sentenced-to-prison/2015/07/29/fc66b268-361e-11e5-9d0f-7865a67390ee_story.html" target="_blank">Drug crime is No. 1 reason offenders in Maryland are sentenced to prison</a>Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-4171760318438523762015-08-06T13:01:00.000-04:002015-08-06T13:07:30.167-04:00Advocates Praise Federal Move to Restore Pell Grants For Prisoners<div>
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prisoners after him lost that opportunity when President Bill Clinton signed a
1994 omnibus crime bill that revoked inmates' access to federal grants, a move
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will make some federal and state prisoners eligible to get federal aid in the
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associate's or bachelor's degree while incarcerated, a move that Martin
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nonprofit he co-founded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is a prelude to the full reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility by
congress," he said. "This would help congress better understand the
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education for everyone," said Bianca van Heydoorn, director of Education
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in New York. "This step would help people to rebuild their lives, have
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study from RAND Corp., inmates who participated in correctional education
programs were 43 percent less likely to return to prison. And inmates were also
13 percent more likely to have a job after finishing their sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It relies on private funds for operation. van Haydoorn said 21 former inmates
who were recently released and graduated from the program, are now in college
or doing internships. This Fall, a new set of 32 inmates will join the reentry
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reform. But the Pell Pilot has already gotten some pushback from Republicans,
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"Kids Before Cons Act" on Thursday to block the administration's
pilot plan. And Rep. John Kline, R-Minnesota, chair of the House Committee on
Education and the Workforce, said in a statement, "If the administration
wants to see meaningful change take place, it must stop governing through
executive fiat and start working with the people's elected representatives in
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Tennessee who championed the 1994 bill to end Pell Grants for prisoners, told
NBC News that providing college education for inmates is a "good step, but
Pell Grants is not the right way to do so."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for-profit schools were taking advantage of the funds they were getting.
"I suspect that if the program is closely supervised, it could probably be
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restore its program, hopes Obama's administrative action will encourage Gov.
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-55896875251078617052015-06-21T15:21:00.000-04:002015-07-16T11:30:21.029-04:002015 Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. "Empowering Future Leaders" Scholarship Breakfast<span style="font-size: large;">On Wednesday June 17, the Prince George's County Drug Policy
Coalition held our "Empowering Future Leaders Scholarship Breakfast"
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attendance as well everyone who continues to support our work in our
communities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We would also like take a moment to thank Mr. Maurice G.
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. represents one of many local affiliates of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. Our national organization consists of a coalition of 25 preeminent organizations. Through the support of our national organization, interested organizational partners, and grassroots members like you, we hope to prevent and reduce illegal drug abuse and related crimes in Prince George's County.</b><br />
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Prince George’s County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13743965217668725417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318988074140431639.post-38277055145063632352015-06-11T20:02:00.003-04:002015-06-13T16:50:32.979-04:00The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. "Empowering Future Leaders" Scholarship Breakfast 2015<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Wednesday June 17, 2015 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM</b></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Clarion
Hotel</b></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>6400 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745</b></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Prince
George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. (PGCDPC) is pleased to announce the
2015 "Empowering Future Leaders" </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Scholarship
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>The Mistress of Ceremony</b> will be <b>Ms. Ebony N. McMorris</b>, News and Community Affairs Director, Radio One.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Obie Patterson</b><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">, Prince George's County Council, District 8 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Honorable<b> C. Anthony
Muse</b>, Maryland State Senator, District 26 Prince George's County</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Dr.
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Ms. Cheryle
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