INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY
“IMPARTIAL AND FAIR TREATMENT IN PAROLE” INITIATIVE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED STATES
Jerome Teelucksingh, Ph.D. Diane A. SearsCaribbean Coordinator United States Coordinator
E-MAIL: j_teeluckingh@yahoo.com E-MAIL: insearchoffatherhood@gmail.com
The International Men’s
Day “Impartial and Fair Treatment in
Parole” Initiative advocates for and supports individuals,
organizations, and institutions working to (A)
educate the general public – particularly, family members and loved ones of incarcerated individuals --
about the parole process; (B)
“de-politicize” the parole process; and (C)
ensure that Parole Boards are not acting as an appellate sentencing court.at
parole hearings. To that end, the
inaugural observance of the “Impartial
and Fair Treatment in Parole” Initiative will be observed on 29 August
2018.
Model prisoners should
not be arbitrarily denied parole in initial and any subsequent parole hearings
who have:
(A) accepted responsibility for the behavior they engaged in which
brought them to prison;
(B) demonstrated a positive adjustment to institutionalization;
(C) obtained a GED and/or college education or vocational training
while incarcerated;
(D) obtained employment skills, community ties, and/or a written
offer of employment while incarcerated;
(E) received/accepted invitations to assume leadership roles in
academic, mentoring, public policy or social entrepreneurial activities and
initiatives that enhance the institutional environment and positively impact
communities outside of the institutional environment while incarcerated;
(F) a track record of designing and/or co-implementing and/or
participating in solutions-based initiatives (e.g., atonement programs,
domestic violence workshops, mentoring programs, and programs/forums which
specifically help to minimize/eradicate violence, Fatherlessness, poverty,
emotional/spiritual/psychological trauma and toxicity, recidivism, and crime)
while incarcerated; and
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