Prison visits are important. So is your help!
So, here’s what often happens in our state prisons. Numerous Michigan prisoners are not allowed to visit with their spouses, kids and loved ones, indefinitely, because of tickets they received for alleged misconduct. This is especially true for those prisoners who have received two or more Class I Substance Abuse misconducts within a five-year period. This means that the prisoner gets no visits from anyone…friends or loved ones, nor can he or she have video calls from anyone and everyone on the visitation list, even children ! I will interrupt our conversation here to explain that we (the HFP team) know quite a bit about this stuff. Two of our staff members have spent more than 40 years behind bars and they can tell many sad stories. Because of our experience in this field, the HFP Board of Directors was quick to endorse a new bill, introduced in the state’s House of Representatives, that would modify this situation. Citizens for Prison Reform, a fine prisone...