thank you Jim. I worked in the criminal and juvenile justice system for many years. In the legislature, I chaired the prison and community corrections funding committee. Please share this as a column. Please also note that our Gov. screwed up our wonderful community corrections system in one of her reorg efforts; the effort was not supported by the corrections community,
Thanks for your comments, Ralph. When you say share as a column, who-where do you mean? If you have any suggestions/contacts I will appreciate it. It makes me sad that the ban on volunteers into prisons has continued after Covid. The issue I have heard is that they now say a prison staff person has to be present in all places with volunteers - so of course, there are not enough staff people to do that. I also heard they discontinued leader dog training program. Those dogs brought out the best in my guys.
Thanks for a story of openness in a closed place. Sharing your experience reflects how taking a road not taken yields much. Getting to Des Moines Storytellers is on my list. Happily, I have been able to hear you and Julie via technology. Applause!
Happy to help out. Can I respond in an email? I am at at Rosenbergralph @Gmail
thank you Jim. I worked in the criminal and juvenile justice system for many years. In the legislature, I chaired the prison and community corrections funding committee. Please share this as a column. Please also note that our Gov. screwed up our wonderful community corrections system in one of her reorg efforts; the effort was not supported by the corrections community,
Thanks for your comments, Ralph. When you say share as a column, who-where do you mean? If you have any suggestions/contacts I will appreciate it. It makes me sad that the ban on volunteers into prisons has continued after Covid. The issue I have heard is that they now say a prison staff person has to be present in all places with volunteers - so of course, there are not enough staff people to do that. I also heard they discontinued leader dog training program. Those dogs brought out the best in my guys.
Such a powerful and eye-opening story. Thank you!
Thank you, Bob!
Thanks for a story of openness in a closed place. Sharing your experience reflects how taking a road not taken yields much. Getting to Des Moines Storytellers is on my list. Happily, I have been able to hear you and Julie via technology. Applause!
Appreciate your comment very much.